After protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, President Donald Trump took the contentious step of mobilizing thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of US Marines in response. However,

"Texas National Guard will be deployed to locations across the state to ensure peace & order," said Texas governor Greg Abbott.

Donald Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to quell LA protests is a rare exercise of presidential power.

The states say Trump's actions implicate their interest in "ensuring that the deployment of their National Guard units is governed by the rule of law, and not the whims of the President." The post ‘Unlimited claim of presidential authority’: States tag team with Newsom to bash Trump’s National Guard action as a threat to ‘foundational American traditions’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

Patel explicitly told Joe Rogan last week that the president needs the consent of governors in order to deploy the National Guard into their states The post FBI Director Kash Patel Told Joe Rogan Just Last Week Governors Have to Agree For President to Send In National Guard first appeared on Mediaite.

This article expands and updates a June 2020 article. Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal military forces within the U.S. is a drastic and historically rare move.

Protests over immigration raids have broken out in several other cities, including Chicago, New York, San Antonio and Spokane, Washington.

Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman said 500 National Guard members have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations.