US EditionAmericans generally oppose Trump’s National Guard deployment: Poll
Despite crime rates falling from pandemic highs, Trump pushes National Guard deployments amid legal challenges and public opposition; over 50% of Americans oppose these actions, an NPR-Ipsos poll found.
- Earlier this month, President Donald Trump ordered National Guard troops into Washington, D.C., and threatened deployments to Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Memphis to fight crime.
- Poll respondents interviewed between September 19th and 21st expressed concern about crime, with 93% of Republicans saying crime is unacceptably high and more than half opposing troop use.
- U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Los Angeles deployment illegal, finding it violated federal law and the Posse Comitatus Act due to improper troop training and authority.
- State and local officials in Washington, D.C. and California filed lawsuits claiming the president bypassed governors, while residents say the deployments feel like an "occupation".
- Historical examples and legal scholars warn that routine domestic military policing challenges established constitutional norms, citing the First Amendment and long ago events like the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970, and the 1992 Los Angeles deployment with President George H.W. Bush's approval.
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Americans generally oppose Trump’s National Guard deployment: Poll
(The Hill) -- A new poll shows a plurality of Americans oppose President Trump’s National Guard deployment to cities like D.C. and Los Angeles. An NPR-Ipsos poll published Saturday found that 49 percent of respondents oppose the deployment of National Guard troops to a major city in their state for law enforcement efforts, while 38 percent said they would support the move and 12 percent said they were unsure. Fifty percent of participants said …
NPR-Ipsos poll: Americans don't broadly support Trump's National Guard deployments
Americans are concerned about crime, but don't broadly support President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities, according to a new NPR-IPSOS poll.(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski)
Trump Deploying The National Guard To Fight Crime Blurs The Legal Distinction Between Police & Military
A federal judge ruled on Sept. 2, 2025, that the Trump administration broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June in response to protests over immigration raids. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said that National Guard troops in Los Angeles had received improper training on the legal scope of their…
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