California Gov. Gavin Newsom To Withdraw Hundreds Of National Guard Troops From Border [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans Monday to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the states southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administrations request for support from border states.
About 100 of the 360 troops will remain deployed under Californias agreement with the federal government to focus specifically on combating transnational crime such as drug and gun smuggling, Newsom spokesman Nathan Click said. Specifically, they will be tasked with providing intelligence on transnational crime and assist with cargo dock operations and searches of commercial trucks for contraband.
Newsoms move comes on the heels of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, also a Democrat, pulling back her states troops from the U.S.-Mexico border. The two states former governors agreed to send troops to the border last April at the Trump administrations request along with Texas and Arizona.
Newsoms and Grishams actions are a fresh, if symbolic, affront to President Donald Trumps description of an immigration crisis on the nations southern border.
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