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.

Trump mobilized the California National Guard against the ... that the administration was planning to use the guard to help with immigration enforcement came last month, when DHS requested 20,000 ...

What the National Guard provides, that state law enforcement does not, is a military presence. Employed by the U.S. military and operates under both federal and state law Has an army and an air branch. Members of the National Guard are “civilian soldiers” who possess a civilian role and serve in the military part-time

Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature passed a package of bills this week that were designed to aid in federal crackdowns on migrants suspected of entering the country illegally.

Walz, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2024, blasted the Trump administration’s “cruel and misguided immigration policies.” Minnesotans are “angry that the federal government has been snatching people up” and detaining them “without a shred of due process,” he added.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state ahead of mass, anti-Trump protests, internal memos obtained by the American-Statesman reveal military leaders are scrambling to find and train enough personnel for the mission.

Protests against immigration raids entered the seventh day in Los Angeles after another night of curfew enforcement in the downtown neighborhood. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard to San Antonio "to ensure peace and order" after anti-ICE protests broke out.