California has agreed to deploy 400 National Guard troops at Trump's request

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• California Governor Jerry Brown agreed on Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops after President Donald Trump's request
• Not all 400 troops will head to the US-Mexico border and none will arrest or deport immigrants.
• Instead, California's national guard troops will combat transnational drug crime, firearms smuggling, and human trafficking.
• The federal government must agree to California's terms before the troops would be deployed.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops at President Donald Trump's request, but not all will head to the US-Mexico border as Trump wants and none will enforce federal immigration enforcement.

"Let's be clear on the scope of this mission," the Democrat Brown wrote in a letter to the Trump administration. "This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life."See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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