Trump Administration Orders Release Of 2000 National Guard Troops In Los Angeles Deployed For Immigration Raids

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Tuesday stated that the Trump administration will release half of National Guard troops in Los Angeles stationed for safeguarding federal buildings and immigration agents as they made arrests during immigration raids. Nearly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines had been deployed.

The deployment began in early June and was initially scheduled to last for 60 days.

President Donald Trump authorised the deployment of approximately 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines in early June to address a wave of protests opposing immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area.

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This action was taken despite objections from Governor Gavin Newsom, who filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the deployment. A district court initially ruled that Trump's decision to send the Guard without the governor's consent was unlawful. However, a federal appeals court later determined that the administration could maintain control of the troops.

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The legal battle is still underway.

'We call on Trump, Department of Defense to end this theatre'

Newsom stated the National Guard's deployment to LA has kept troops away from their kin, loved ones and civilian work. In a statement he mentioned, "While nearly 2,000 of them are starting to demobilise, the remaining guardsmembers continue without a mission, without direction and without any hopes of returning to help their communities. We call on Trump and the Department of Defense to end this theatre and send everyone home now."

(With inputs from AP)

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