Chicago is bracing for a possible National Guard deployment while Memphis and Portland, Ore. prepare for the arrival of National Guard troops.

Armed federal agents patrolled downtown Chicago on Sunday as President Donald Trump sent 200 National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, a move opposed by the governor and challenged in court.

Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into American cities necessary, blasting Democrats for crime and lax immigration policies.

Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday, a new escalation of an immigration enforcement crackdown there that followed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will send troops to Portland in the latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement presence in U.

In a change of pace, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would be sending the National Guard to Memphis on a crime-fighting mission after threats of a Chicago deployment were met with weeks of pushback from local and state leaders.

The Memphis basketball preseason event once known as "Memphis Madness" is headed to Beale Street for the first time.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis basketball is having a big October both on and off the court. Ballin’ on Beale Brings Memphis Madness Downtown The Tigers are moving their annual preseason fan showcase, Memphis Madness,