Escalation: Trump Announces Guard Deployment to New Orleans
At a White House Cabinet meeting, President Trump said National Guard troops will go to New Orleans “in a couple of weeks.” He did not give a troop count or exact arrival date. Gov. Jeff Landry had asked in September for federally funded support of up to 1,000 Guard members to fight crime.
Landry said Monday he expects Guard members in New Orleans before Christmas and that they would remain through Mardi Gras on Feb. 17. He said the number headed to the city should be set within about a week.
The announcement came as New Orleans awaited a separate federal immigration crackdown expected to start this week, dubbed Swamp Sweep. Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said a Guard deployment would not address the city’s most urgent public‑safety needs and pointed to recent declines in violent crime.
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