Article 6XVP7 "Absolutely Unprecedented": Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. & Hegseth Threatens to Send in Marines

"Absolutely Unprecedented": Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. & Hegseth Threatens to Send in Marines

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As protests against ICE raids spread across the city, President Trump has deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles, the first time in decades that a president has deployed the National Guard without a governor's request. Trump's border czar" Tom Homan threatened to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, while Newsom says he plans to sue. This is absolutely unprecedented. It's extremely dangerous," says legal expert Elizabeth Goitein. It's going to escalate tensions rather than deescalating them."

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