Trump, National Guard and Appeals court
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Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles.
Two hundred Marines will guard federal buildings in the Los Angeles area, freeing up more National Guard soldiers to back up federal agents arresting undocumented immigrants, the commander of military troops sent to the city said Friday.
Noem threatened Biden for considering activating the Guard in Texas over governor's objections, but praises Trump for doing it in California.
Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor, but an appeals court stayed the extraordinary decision Thursday night.
A Department of Homeland Security request for 21,000 National Guard troops to support "expansive interior immigration enforcement operations" includes a call for troops to search for unaccompanied children in some cases.