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Memphis (CNN) — Federal authorities are racking up arrests in Tennessee’s second-most populous city as President Donald Trump surges federal officers and National Guard troops to crack down on crime across major Democratic-run cities.

The president suggested this week the cities could be used as a “training ground” for the nation’s military. The list already includes Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland – where local leaders are pushing back on a White House effort to federalize 200 members of Oregon’s National Guard.

In Memphis, “219 officers were special deputized and our Joint Operations Center is up and running,” US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. By the next morning, the “Memphis Safe Task Force ha(d) made 53 a

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