Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Law To display troops in more cities in the United States, it has intensified in the last hours its Legal battle with the Democrats on the limits of the presidential authority.
This pulse occurs while about half of the 200 Soldiers of the National Guard of Texassent to the state of Illinois to protect federal agents, came to Chicago on Tuesday.
The Republican again left the possibility of invoke the centenary insurrection law In an effort to avoid any judicial ruling that blocks its orders to send guard troops to cities despite the rejection of local and state governments.
A federal judge has temporarily forbid Wide offensive against illegal immigration.
“Well, it has already invoked before”, Trump pointed out before journalists in the Oval Office, who defended that the troops are necessary to protect the federal property in the performance of their functions, in addition to contributing to the general campaign to repress crime.
The president has defended that “I want to make sure they don’t die people” And he said that the Governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, is not the only one willing to offer troops.
“Everyone is willing to offer what we need,” he added, after he authorized the shipment of 400 members of the National Guard of this State to Chicago, Portland and other cities “where necessary.”
“If we look at Chicago, it is a big city with a lot of crime, and If the governor cannot do his job, we will do it. It is very simple, “he said.
The limits of the presidential authority
The Insurrection Lawwhich gives the President the authority to deploy the armed forces to suffocate disturbances in case of emergency, It has generally used only in extreme casesand almost always at the request of state governors.
The rule, a version of which it was first promulgated in 1792, has been used by previous presidents to deploy troops within the US in response to crisis such as the ascenso del Ku Klux Klan After the American civil war.
The last time he invoked her was the president George H. W. Bush during the riots of the 1992 angels.
According to Federal Law, the National Guard and other military troops are generally prohibited from exercising the application of civil law. However, the insurrection law allows a exceptiongiving troops the Faculty to monitor and arrest people directly.
The use of the law would represent a significant escalation in Trump’s efforts to deploy military forces in Democratic cities.
Since its second presidential mandate began in January, it has shown little hesitation when exercising government authority against its political opponents, while trying to expand the powers of the presidency by testing the limits of the law.
Last week, in a speech before the military dome, Trump suggested to use US cities such as “training fields” For the Armed Forces, alarming the Democrats and the civil liberty groups.
Chicago and Portland
Trump has ordered the sending of national guard troops to Chicagothe third largest city in the United States, already PortlandOregon, after His previous deployments in Los Angeles and Washington.
In all these cases, he has done so despite the strong opposition of the mayors and democratic governors, who say that Trump’s claims about anarchy, violence and crime do not reflect reality.
In Chicago and Portland, protests on Trump Immigration Policies They had been largely peaceful and relatively limited in size, according to local officials, far from the “war zone” conditions described by Trump.
Since the arrival of federal agents to the Chicago area last month, the demonstrations have not altered life in a city where violent crime has decreased dramatically.
The protests have been much less tense than the 2020 disturbances triggered by George Floyd’s deathan unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration On Monday, seeking to block the orders to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard and send 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago.
Judge April Perry allowed the deployment to continue for now, but ordered the US government to present an answer before Wednesday.
Besides, A federal oregon judge temporarily blocked the shipment of troops To monitor Portlandthe largest city in the state.