Trump, Los Angeles and immigration
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Gen. Gregory Guillot, the leader of U.S. Northern Command, made the request to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, proposing that 200 out of roughly 4,000 California National Guard members be moved from Los Angeles to wildfire duty elsewhere in California.
The Trump administration recently approved a request from the military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration-related unrest in the Los Angeles area to return some of the troops to California's command.
Trump administration officials said about 150 National Guard troops would be pulled out of Los Angeles after spending weeks there protecting federal property and personnel.
President Trump’s administration filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on Monday over its sanctuary city ordinance.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Tuesday that the city will join a lawsuit against the Trump administration intended to stop federal immigration raids.
President Trump agrees to return California National Guard firefighters amid criticism of their deployment in LA.
The Trump administration sued Los Angeles claiming its sanctuary city ordinance helped fuel riots during protests against the president’s deportation crackdown, prompting the US to send in national guard troops.