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California agrees to deploy National Guard to the border

  1. Original Date Announced

    April 11, 2018

    California agrees with DHS/DOD to deploy 400 National Guard troops to the border; California states that the service members will perform support missions targeting "criminal gangs" and "human traffickers" and will "not enforce immigration laws, arrest people for violation of immigration laws, guard individuals taken into custody for immigration-related violations, nor support the enforcement of immigration laws." [ID #316]

    Memorandum of Agreement Between the State of California and the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security
  2. Effective Date

    April 11, 2018

Current Status

Fully in Effect

Original Trump Policy Status

Status: Final/Actual
Trump Administration Action: Change in Practice
Subject Matter: Border
Agencies Affected: CBP DOD

Documents

Trump-Era Policy Documents

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