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Trump said he will send National Guard to Memphis, while federal agents arrest hundreds of cartel members.
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Armed National Guard members patrol the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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National Guard Deployment in Memphis

President Donald Trump announced he intends to send the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, in the latest effort to reduce crime since his federalization of police in the District of Columbia in mid-August.

Trump called Memphis a “deeply troubled” city in a Sept. 12 interview on Fox News, adding that the national guard presence would fix the problem, “just like we did in Washington.”