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SHOWDOWN: California BANS National Guard From Executing Trump’s Orders At Border

Ryan Saavedra

On Monday, California rejected the Trump administration’s plans for National Guard troops on the Southern border because the assignment is viewed as too closely tied to immigration enforcement.

California Governor Jerry Brown had earned rare praise from President Donald Trump last week when he announced that the state would send 400 troops with the National Guard, but now that appears to have changed. The Associated Press reports:

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