Overview

• The Pentagon has completed the withdrawal of 700 Marine infantry sent to Los Angeles in June to deter protests against ICE deportation raids, citing restored stability
• Following last week’s removal of roughly 2,000 federalized National Guard troops, about 2,000 guardsmen remain deployed under presidential orders
• President Trump invoked federal authority over California’s National Guard under the Insurrection Act, superseding Governor Gavin Newsom’s control
• Governor Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass have denounced the military presence as an unnecessary provocation and are pressing for a full drawdown
• The federalization marks the first use of presidential power to deploy National Guard forces over a governor’s objection since 1965, testing the boundaries of state and federal authority