Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty
Source: Associated Press
POLITICS
Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty
BY TARA COPP
Updated 2:34 PM EDT, June 30, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 800 active duty Marines against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom in early June to respond to a series of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles.
The federal troops’ domestic deployment raised multiple legal questions, including whether the administration would seek to employ emergency powers under the Insurrection Act to empower those forces to conduct law enforcement on U.S. soil, which they are not permitted to do except in rare circumstances. The Marines, however, are primarily assigned
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-30/military-requests-200-national-guard-troops-return-to-ca-command
CALIFORNIA
U.S. military asks Trump administration to return some National Guard troops to California command
Federal officers and the National Guard protect the Federal building in downtown Los Angeles due to unrest from immigration raids in L.A. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
By Clara Harter
Staff Writer
June 30, 2025 4:27 PM PT
The military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration-related unrest in the Los Angeles area has asked the Trump administration to return 200 troops to California’s command, a U.S. official told The Times.
The request, first reported by the Associated Press, comes as fire season returns and the National Guard unit assigned to combating wildfires is at just 40% of its regular staffing levels, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. The level of protest-related unrest has also decreased since demonstrations began on June 6 in response to a series of surprise immigration raids.
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