Policies & Analysis
Learn more about the policies and actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration, and how they threaten communities, freedoms, and democracy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Send the National Guard to Memphis for another fake "Crime Emergency"
This memorandum creates a federal Task Force for Memphis and asks the Tennessee governor to make the state National Guard available "to end street and violent crime."
Restoring Law and Order in Memphis
September 15, 2025
This Memorandum to multiple cabinet secretaries creates a task force "to end street and violent crime in Memphis to the greatest possible extent through the promotion and facilitation of hypervigilant policing, aggressive prosecution, complex investigations, financial enforcement, and large-scale saturation of besieged neighborhoods with law enforcement personnel." The Memorandum also directs the Secretary of Defense to ask the Tennessee governor to make National Guard soldiers available in hybrid (non-federalized) status to help the task force. The Memorandum claims that state and local authorities requested federal assistance, but there is no evidence that local authorities either made such a request or support the task force or the National Guard deployment. The task force is instructed to report to the President through Stephen Miller ("Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor").
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How communities are responding
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