(Salem, OR) -- On New Year's Eve, President Trump announced a decision to send National Guard troops home in Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles. Governor Tina Kotek says the Oregon Military Department received the official order from U.S. Northern Command on Monday. The troops are required to travel to Fort Bliss, Texas for demobilization activities before they can return home. The President claims crime has been - quote - "greatly reduced" because of the Guard. However, troops never deployed to Portland streets.