4/11/2018

BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send more National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, but said Wednesday [4-11-18] they will focus on fighting crime and not enforce policies of Washington…Brown said 400 troops will augment a current mission that fights transnational crime. The location of Guard personnel — and number along the border, the coast and elsewhere in the state — will be dictated by the needs on the ground, a spokeswoman for the governor said. It will take some time before Guard troops can be deployed. It has been one week since California received the current request. In other operations it has taken several months to get troops where they are needed. One ongoing operation has 55 Guard troops at the 140-mile border and 250 deployed statewide.”

Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, “California to send Guard troops to Mexico border, but governor says they won’t be there to support D.C. policies,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 11, 2018 5:30 pm