Recently, the US Immigration Bureau's crackdown on immigrants in Los Angeles sparked protests. The Trump administration decided to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles.
According to CNN, on June 8th local time, the governors of all 22 Democratic states except California issued a joint statement condemning Trump's decision and supporting California Governor Newsom.
The statement said, "Trump's move to mobilize the California National Guard is an alarming abuse of power." "The governor is the commander-in-chief of the state National Guard, and it is ineffective and dangerous for the federal government to mobilize them without consulting or cooperating with the governor."
The statement also condemned the threat of deploying Marines to the region. It was reported that Defense Secretary Harker had previously claimed that if violence continued, active-duty Marines would also be mobilized.
CNN pointed out that since 1965, no president has deployed the National Guard domestically without the request of the governor.
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