Overview

• President Trump ordered an additional 2,000 California National Guard troops to federal service, raising the total stationed in Los Angeles to 4,000.
• About 700 active-duty Marines from Twentynine Palms and Camp Pendleton have been mobilized under Task Force 51 to protect federal personnel and property.
• U.S. Northern Command says the Marines are trained in de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force amid increased threats to federal officers.
• Governor Gavin Newsom has denounced the mobilization as unwarranted and unprecedented and filed a federal lawsuit to block the order.
• This operation marks only the second time in 60 years that a president has federalized a state National Guard without the governor’s consent.