FROM NBC NEWS: President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s planning to send federal law enforcement and the National Guard into Memphis, Tennessee, to lower crime in the city following his surge into Washington, D.C., over the last month.
An ICE official told NBC News that Memphis law enforcement officials do not cooperate with the immigration enforcement agency and the city is therefore considered to be a “sanctuary city.” ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the agency was planning to step up immigration enforcement in Memphis.
FBI data shows that violent crimes have hovered at around 15,000 to 16,000 a year in Memphis in the last five years, marking an increase of several thousand from a decade ago. However, violent crime in Memphis has declined in the last two years.
“Overall crime is at a 25-year low, with robbery, burglary, and larceny also reaching 25-year lows. Murder is at a six-year low, aggravated assault at a five-year low, and sexual assault at a twenty-year low,” according to a Memphis Police Department statement from Tuesday.
“We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.”
“The mayor is happy. He’s a Democrat. And the governor of Tennessee, the governor is happy. We’re gonna fix that just like we did Washington,” Trump said.
“I can fix Chicago, much bigger than D.C., but we can bring in the military,” Trump said regarding additional cities that need help. “We can bring in the National Guard. We’ll do what we have to do.”
Trump made a decision to settle in Memphis after someone on the board of the FedEx, headquarters in the city told him about the crime rate there.
“We’re going to Memphis.” Trump said. “I’m just announcing that now, and we’ll straighten that out — National Guard and anybody else we need. And by the way, we’ll bring in the military, too, if we need it.”
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just announced he will be sending the National Guard into MEMPHIS
Both the Republican Governor AND the Democrat Mayor are happy with this
“We’re bringing in the National Guard… and the military, if we need it.” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/25fB6IopLu
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 12, 2025
GROSS: Democrat Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson says President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to end crime in Memphis is a “White Supremacist ploy.”
Democrats are STILL spewing vile rhetoric. pic.twitter.com/F2d7RLYb8B
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 13, 2025
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