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Pentagon to Withdraw Half of 4,000 National Guard Troops Deployed to Los Angeles

HeadlineJul 16, 2025

The Pentagon said Tuesday half of the 4,000 National Guard troops deployed to suppress protests in response to mass immigration raids in California will be removed from Los Angeles. This comes six weeks after the Trump administration deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles, the first time in decades that a president has deployed the National Guard without a governor’s request. Some 700 active-duty Marines will remain deployed in L.A.

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