California OKs limited troop deployment for Trump's request
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April 12, 2018
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops at President Donald Trump's request, but not all will head to the U.S.-Mexico border as Trump wants and none will enforce federal immigration enforcement.
"This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life," Brown, a Democrat, wrote in a letter to the Trump administration.
Trump wants up to 4,000 troops sent to the border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking and...
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