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DHS Requests 20,000 National Guard to Help Execute Mass Deportations

HeadlineMay 16, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to assign some 20,000 National Guard personnel to assist with Trump’s mass deportation efforts. It’s not clear whether Trump would seek to federalize the National Guard — something last done to respond to the 1992 uprising in Los Angeles that followed the police beating of Rodney King.

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