Overview

• President Trump has deployed roughly 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles without Governor Newsom’s approval to secure federal immigration operations.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the deployment in congressional hearings, saying troops are protecting law enforcement personnel rather than conducting civilian policing.
• The Department of Homeland Security has formally asked the Pentagon to transport weapons from Georgia and Wyoming and to provide drone surveillance support for the crackdown.
• Anti-ICE demonstrations have spread to New York, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta and other cities, leading governors such as Texas’s Greg Abbott to mobilize their own National Guard units.
• California’s lawsuit challenging the federalization of troops moves through court while former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warns of potential loss of life if the military enforces domestic operations.