Overview

• Trump issued a Title 10 order on June 7 to federalize 2,000 California National Guard troops for operations in Los Angeles.
• The troops’ mission is limited to safeguarding ICE officers during immigration raids and does not include direct law enforcement.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom denounced the federalization as “purposefully inflammatory” and warned it could heighten tensions on the streets.
• Civil liberties groups and legal experts argue the deployment risks militarizing domestic protests and chilling dissent.
• The administration did not invoke the Insurrection Act, keeping the Guard under constraints that bar them from policing duties.