Pruning trees, collecting trash, patrolling neighborhoods. These are some of the ways the National Guard has been deployed in recent weeks.

In his second term, President Trump has increasingly sought the use of the Guard — specifically in Democratic-led cities — to address crime, quell protests and support ICE operations.

In Washington, D.C., where Guard members have been deployed since August, they have largely patrolled the capital's streets and taken part in beautification projects. The U.S. Army said troops had cleared 1,142 bags of trash, spread 1,045 cubic yards of mulch, pruned 400 trees, cleared 7.9 miles of roadway, painted 270 feet of fencing and packaged 6,030 pounds of food as of Oct. 1.

The Trump administration has also pushed to deploy troops in Oregon and Illinois to safe

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