Responding to recent moves by the White House to deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo is leading an effort in Congress to require the president to submit a detailed report whenever such deployments occur. Liccardo has been a persistent critic of President Donald Trump’s decision in June to deploy troops to Los Angeles in the aftermath of protests over immigration raids. The White House asserted at the time that the troops were intended to address “numerous incidents of violence and disorder” in response to immigration enforcement. Just hours after the National Guard…
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