Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Trump wants more troops for immigration enforcement

DHS is requesting to deploy more than 20,000 additional National Guard troops to help with immigration enforcement. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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On Politics

Wed Jun 11 2025

 

Rebecca Morin Newsletter Writer

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Hi! Rebecca Morin here. Did you miss it? Former First Lady Michelle Obama shared a photo Tuesday of her youngest daughter, Sasha Obama, for her 24th birthday.

How Trump wants the military to help with his immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration could enter a new phase with military help. The Pentagon is reviewing a Department of Homeland Security request to deploy more than 20,000 additional National Guard troops "in support of interior immigration enforcement operations." There are currently thousands of National Guard and active-duty troops at the southern border. But Homeland Security officials want additional troops to help track fugitives, quell riots at detention centers and search for unaccompanied children in remote or hostile terrain. Pentagon and Customs and Border Patrol officials have inspected military bases in recent months from New Jersey to California as potential sites to detain an expected influx of migrants. The price tag of the troop request? $3.6 billion to keep 20,000 National Guardsmen on duty for one year. How public confidence in the military could shift if the request is granted.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have conducted sweeping raids under a directive from Trump to find undocumented immigrants. Protests have sprung up against the sweeps the agency is carrying out in various neighborhoods across the country – from New York City to Chicago to smaller areas like Columbus, Ohio, and Des Moines, Iowa.
Still amid the growing protests, ICE raids are continuing. A meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska was the site of an immigration raid, with it being the "largest worksite enforcement operation" in the state during the Trump presidency, the Homeland Security Department said. The food packaging company said it was surprised by the raid and had followed the rules regarding immigration status.

Syndication The Columbus Dispatch

Protesters march against the Trump administration immigration policy and ICE deportations through streets of downtown Columbus after gathering at City Hall on Tuesday.

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After a blow up, the cool down

It was a very public break up. And now, it is a very public reconciliation. Billionaire Elon Musk said some of the social media posts he made last week about President Donald Trump "went too far" and he regrets making them. Musk has deleted some posts critical of Trump, including one signaling support for impeaching the president and another implicating him in the investigation of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The two's feud began after Musk criticized the president's so-called "big, beautiful bill" and urged lawmakers to kill it. Trump in an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday said Musk's recent apology "was very nice." What Musk and Trump said about each other.

Elon Musk surrenders: World's richest man is caving to Trump after their epic feud

A parade and protests

On Saturday, you can expect tanks, armored vehicles, and thousands of troops to descend on Washington, D.C., for the massive Army parade (which also happens to be President Donald Trump's birthday.) But you can also expect some planned protests on the same day that are proceeding with caution. Trump earlier this week declared protesters could be "met with very big force." However, a "Refuse Fascism" march to the White House ahead of the Army parade, a "National Protest Against Trump and the War Machine," demonstration at Meridian Hill Park, and the National Black Justice Collective's "ceremonial walk" around the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial are all still happening on Saturday. How organizers are preparing for security.

'No Kings Day' protests planned for Saturday across the country, except DC, with aim to reclaim the American flag
From deployment to a parade, Trump's use of military prompts concerns

Got a burning question, or comment, for On Politics? You can submit them here or send me an email at rdmorin@usatoday.com.

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Critical 2025 election race takes shape: 3 takeaways from NJ primary

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Appeals court ruling gives Trump a win on tariffs - for now

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