Trump Administration Pulls Back Deployment of National Guard in LA
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The Trump administration has recalled about half of the California National Guard troops that were deployed to Los Angeles under federal orders last month after a series of high-profile immigration raids and anti-deportation protests.
About 2,000 National Guard troops will be released from duty because “the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement Tuesday. Roughly 700 Marines remain deployed in the city.