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In August 2025, a rumor spread that U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered the deployment of the National Guard to 19 states.
For example, a post on X described this alleged move as something similar to what Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did in Germany (archived):
This post had gained 168,000 views and 10,000 likes as of this writing. More posts on X claimed the same thing, as well as on Reddit. Further, several Snopes readers searched the website seeking to confirm the veracity of the claim.
Further, several news reports by various news outlets, including the right-leaning Fox News, centrist News Nation and U.K.-based, left-leaning The Guardian, published reports on the matter.
In fact, the claim stemmed from a Fox News investigation that 1,700 National Guard troops would be deployed to 19 states to support deportation efforts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The news network said it had seen documents detailing the plan, including a list of states to which the troops would be deployed: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. The report added that the operation would take place from August to November 2025.
These were not part of the same crackdown on crime that motivated the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., in August, Fox News said.
Indeed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced on July 25, 2025, that it would deploy 1,700 National Guard troops to support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) effort to deport immigrants:
The Department of Defense announced today a change in the duty status of military personnel supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its immigration law enforcement mission. Personnel will transition from Title 10 to Title 32 status. This change affects the 1,200 service members currently authorized for the mission and includes an additional 500 newly authorized personnel, bringing the total DoD support to approximately 1,700 troops.
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As part of this transition, Title 10 personnel from the Marine Corps and Naval Reserve who have been providing invaluable support will return to their home stations. National Guard members, in a Title 32 status, will seamlessly take over these vital mission roles to ensure continuity of support and operations.
This ongoing support, provided in response to a May 9, 2025 request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security includes case management, transportation and logistical support, and clerical support for the in- and out-processing of illegal aliens at ICE detention facilities.
However, the announcement did not include a list of states. A DOD official reportedly confirmed the list to News Nation. While DOD told Snopes in an email it would not provide more details, we contacted the National Guard seeking independent confirmation of this list and will update this report should they respond.
As for crackdowns on crime (as opposed to deportations), on Aug. 22, 2025 Trump announced that Chicago may be the next city to which he might send military troops, followed by New York:
“So, I think Chicago will be next and then we’ll help with New York,” Trump said. Later in this announcement, he added San Francisco to the list, saying “we can clean that up too.”
None of these cities was in the states mentioned above. Asked directly to confirm that these crime crackdown plans had nothing to do with the DOD plan to support ICE, a White House spokesperson repeatedly referred to the July 2025 DOD announcement, indicating that crime crackdown efforts were separate from ICE support.
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Anna Rascouët-Paz
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