Pentagon Recalls National Guard from L.A
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Roughly 150 California National Guard troops working in Los Angeles for more than three weeks guarding federal property from immigration protesters and providing protection to federal agents making arrests have been reassigned to help prepare for wildfire season.
About 150 members of the National Guard who deployed to address protests in California will be released to return to wildland firefighting duties in the state, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
California officials planned to sue President Donald Trump in response to the deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters.
A US Marine battalion is being sent to Los Angeles to help maintain order as anti-ICE riots continued to rage across Southern California.
Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell the protests in Los Angeles, sparking opposition from Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, who has said the move is "unlawful" and a ...