{"id":23163,"date":"2025-10-09T20:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23163"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:21:11","slug":"as-trump-unconstitutionally-deploys-military-into-american-cities-senators-from-illinois-oregon-california-oppose-ndaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/as-trump-unconstitutionally-deploys-military-into-american-cities-senators-from-illinois-oregon-california-oppose-ndaa\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump Unconstitutionally Deploys Military into American Cities, Senators from Illinois, Oregon &#038; California Oppose NDAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2013 Amid Donald Trump\u2019s escalating deployments of troops to American cities, the six U.S. Senators representing states that Donald Trump is targeting with troop deployments over state and&nbsp;local officials\u2019 strong objections\u2014U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Adam Schiff (D-CA)\u2014released the following statement announcing they will vote against the Fiscal Year 2026<em> National Defense Authorization Act<\/em> (NDAA):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhen our troops raised their right hands and took their oaths, they signed up to defend this country and our Constitution. 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