Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes
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In 1992, President George W. Bush used the Insurrection Act to call in the National Guard after deadly rioting broke out in Los Angeles following the beating of Rodney King.
Some undocumented mothers in Los Angeles told CBS News they are unwilling to risk sending their children to school at all.
Trump ordered the deployment as part of what he billed as a crackdown on crime in the capital. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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National Guard rehearsed show of force against immigration raid protesters, general testifies
National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against undocumented people and those protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown,
National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived on the footsteps of the Washington Monument on Tuesday.
Trump is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act that places the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.