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National Guard troops are in L.A. Here’s what they can and can’t do, for now, as Trump deploys them in response to protests

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  • The California National Guard troops that President Donald Trump deployed to the Los Angeles area in response to protests can only provide protection and logistical support to immigration agents there, according to Georgetown University law professor Stephen Vladeck. But that changes if the Insurrection Act is invoked.

President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize California National Guard troops and deploy them to the Los Angeles area puts them in more of a support role, according to a legal expert.

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