
Thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed in Los Angeles are waiting on pay and benefits because of delays in paperwork authorizing their activation.
President Donald Trump sent roughly 4,000 Guard members into LA to respond to protests against ICE enforcement operations, but more than a dozen troops across four units have yet to receive the official paperwork activating their duty status, according to a Military.com report. Without those orders, soldiers are not eligible for pay, health care under Tricare, or VA benefits.