Overview

• President Trump has dispatched nearly 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to secure federal buildings and support ICE during protests over immigration raids.
• Governor Newsom filed a lawsuit challenging the deployment as an unconstitutional overreach by the federal government.
• Florida Governor DeSantis offered his reactivated Florida State Guard to assist in California, but Newsom’s office declined the proposal as inflammatory.
• The Florida State Guard was reactivated in 2022 after a 75-year dormancy and has previously supported law enforcement during riots and border operations.
• Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony’s pledge not to prioritize arrests of nonviolent undocumented immigrants prompted Attorney General James Uthmeier to warn he could be removed for defying ICE cooperation requirements.