Under the authority of a rarely used federal power and over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests over immigration policies.
President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protesters in California, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state's governor, Gavin Newsom.[image or embed]