President Trump is using the Department of Homeland Security in unprecedented ways as he tries to bolster his law-and-order credentials by making a heavy-handed show of force in cities around the nation ahead of November elections.
His plan to deploy federal agents to Chicago and perhaps other Democratic-run cities where violence is spiking represents President Trump’s latest effort to use the agency to supplement local law enforcement in ways that bolster his reelection chances.
President Trump has already deployed Homeland Security agents to Portland, Oregon, on the grounds of protecting federal buildings from protesters.
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