Newsom asks Trump to withdraw National Guard out of LA
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Protests continue in LA, and Trump has said he had to federalize California’s National Guard to “address the lawlessness.”
California officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, have described the move as "unnecessary".
Homeland Security Secretary Noem blamed California Gov. Newsom for the need to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles protests.
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.