Trump, National Guard and DC
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OAKLAND — City leaders were on high alert Thursday after a mass arrest by federal immigration authorities in East Oakland erased any doubt that the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to law enforcement could extend to one of the country’s most progressive cities.
Republican governors are sending hundreds of National Guard troops to aid in Trump's takeover of policing in D.C.
Wyoming National Guard members may soon assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the detention and deportation of undocumented people, a spokesperson for Gov. Mark Gordon confirmed Monday to WyoFile.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that President Donald Trump was making jokes with him over the phone before the president launched a military response to anti-ICE protests in California. Against Newsom’s wishes, Trump federalized the National Guard in California in response to the protests in Los Angeles. U.S. Marine troops were also sent in.
Perhaps he envisioned a sort of sequel to the military parade that he staged in June, with made-for-Fox-News visuals: National Guardsmen clustered around the Washington Monument, D.E.A. agents standing outside an upscale bakery in Georgetown.
At least six states have authorized National Guard troops to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in administrative and logistical roles.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is mobilizing the National Guard to help federal agents with President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. Responding to questions from the Tennessee Lookout, the Governor’s Office restated Tuesday what Lee has said several times,
President Donald Trump’s move to federalize law enforcement in Washington, D.C., to bring an end to street crime meant that tourists and residents were met by the unusual and slightly eerie sight of U.