{"id":56055,"date":"2025-11-16T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/pentagon-to-withdraw-national-guard-troops-from-chicago-and-portland-amid-legal-challenges\/56055\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:08:17","slug":"pentagon-to-withdraw-national-guard-troops-from-chicago-and-portland-amid-legal-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/pentagon-to-withdraw-national-guard-troops-from-chicago-and-portland-amid-legal-challenges\/56055\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon to Withdraw National Guard Troops from Chicago and Portland Amid Legal Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Pentagon is withdrawing 400 federalized National Guard troops<\/strong> from Chicago and Portland, with <strong>200 California National Guard members<\/strong> departing Portland and <strong>200 Texas National Guard members<\/strong> leaving Chicago.<\/li>\n<li>This pullback occurs <em>weeks after President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/live\/trump-stock-market\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Trump\">Trump<\/a> deployed them<\/em> to address what he described as increased crime and to support domestic immigration enforcement, a move that has faced <em>significant legal and political opposition<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The withdrawal is part of the Pentagon&#39;s effort to &quot;rightsize&quot; its presence, ensuring a &quot;constant, enduring, and long-term presence&quot; in these cities, according to the U.S. Northern Command.<\/li>\n<li>While federalized troops are being recalled, <strong>300 Illinois National Guard troops<\/strong> mobilized for the mission will remain in Chicago, and half of the <strong>200 Oregon National Guard troops<\/strong> under federal orders will demobilize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Pentagon has initiated the withdrawal of several hundred National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland, a decision reported by The New York Times on Sunday. This move follows a controversial deployment by President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/live\/trump-stock-market\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Trump\">Trump<\/a> aimed at combating perceived rising crime and bolstering immigration enforcement in the two major U.S. cities.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, <strong>200 California National Guard troops<\/strong> who were sent to Portland and <strong>200 Texas National Guard members<\/strong> deployed to Chicago are slated to return to their home states as early as Sunday. The deployment itself had been contentious, with legal challenges emerging shortly after the troops&#39; arrival in early October, preventing them from becoming operationally deployed in many instances.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Northern Command indicated that the withdrawal is part of a strategic adjustment to &quot;shifting and\/or rightsizing our Title 10 footprint&quot; to maintain a consistent presence. However, a spokesperson for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker stated that the state had not received official notification from the federal government regarding the withdrawal of troops.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the federalized National Guard pullback, local forces will maintain a presence. The <strong>300 Illinois National Guard troops<\/strong> who were mobilized for the mission will remain in Chicago. Similarly, in Portland, while the <strong>200 California National Guard troops<\/strong> are leaving, the Oregon National Guard will demobilize half of its <strong>200 troops<\/strong> who were operating under federal orders. The Justice Department had previously sought a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow the president to send troops to Chicago, with a decision still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways The Pentagon is withdrawing 400 federalized National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland, with 200 California National Guard 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