#Latest news with #ImmigrationAgentsSouth China Morning Post8 hours agoPoliticsSouth China Morning PostLos Angeles unrest marks latest clash of US presidents, states over National GuardDonald Trump's deployment of California's National Guard marks the first time in decades that a US president openly defied a state governor and sent troops to an emergency zone. By ordering 2,000 guardsmen to Los Angeles to help quell protests against raids by US immigration agents, Trump essentially mounted a takeover of the state's military regiments to address 'lawlessness' on the city's streets. The National Guard is a reserve military rooted in the 17th century local militias created in the American colonies before the country's founding. Since then the guard has had multiple responsibilities: domestic disaster relief and security, homeland defence and prevention of civil unrest; and acting as reserve forces for US military deployments overseas. Police move to clear demonstrators after they blocked a street with a barricade. Photo: Reuters Presidential orders to deploy guardsmen domestically are not uncommon.
South China Morning Post8 hours agoPoliticsSouth China Morning PostLos Angeles unrest marks latest clash of US presidents, states over National GuardDonald Trump's deployment of California's National Guard marks the first time in decades that a US president openly defied a state governor and sent troops to an emergency zone. By ordering 2,000 guardsmen to Los Angeles to help quell protests against raids by US immigration agents, Trump essentially mounted a takeover of the state's military regiments to address 'lawlessness' on the city's streets. The National Guard is a reserve military rooted in the 17th century local militias created in the American colonies before the country's founding. Since then the guard has had multiple responsibilities: domestic disaster relief and security, homeland defence and prevention of civil unrest; and acting as reserve forces for US military deployments overseas. Police move to clear demonstrators after they blocked a street with a barricade. Photo: Reuters Presidential orders to deploy guardsmen domestically are not uncommon.
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