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On Monday evening, after a peaceful but noisy confrontation by pro- and con demonstrators, the Los Alamitos City Council began hearing hours of public comment on whether it should enact an ordinance exempting the city on grounds that the state law is unconstitutional. No vote had taken place by midnight.
The Trump administration said Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard's initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a state official said nothing was decided. "The governor determined that what we asked for is unsupportable, but we will have other iterations," Ronald Vitiello, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's acting deputy commissioner, told reporters in Washington.
California has rejected the federal government's initial plans for National Guard troops to the border because the work is considered too closely tied to immigration enforcement, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The state informed federal officials it will not allow its troops to fix and repair vehicles, operate remotely-controlled surveillance cameras to report suspicious activity to the Border Patrol, operate radios and provide "mission support," which can include clerical work, buying gas and handling payroll, according to officials with knowledge of the talks who spoke condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , accompanied by Gov. Jerry Brown March 7 discusses remarks made by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra, a Democrat, filed a federal lawsuit immediately after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a citizenship question would be added to the 2020 census.
The Latest on Donald Trump's effort to send up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking : Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than half of roughly 1,400 National Guard members the state wants to put on the U.S.-Mexico border are already on the job. Abbott said Thursday in the Texas border city of Weslaco that morale is high among troops.
In a crowded field of candidates, a new statewide poll shows 26-percent of voters surveyed support Democrat Gavin Newsom for Governor, followed by Republican John Cox with 15-percent. The results were compiled by the Public Policy Institute of California.
California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump's call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House's portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. The Democratic governor broke a week of silence Wednesday by agreeing to contribute 400 troops, though not all will be on the border.
THE AFTERMATH OF THE PAUL RYAN RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT After Paul Ryan announced he won't be seeking re-election , Matt Fuller unpacks how his true legacy is Donald Trump, while Jonathan Cohn and Arthur Delaney argue Ryan cemented the GOP's identity when it comes to the social safety net. And take a look at the GOP shadow race for the speakership, as well as who might win his seat .
FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday, A... California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration.
California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday, A... California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration. California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration.
California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump's call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House's portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. The Democratic governor broke a week of silence Wednesday by agreeing to contribute 400 troops, though not all will be on the border.
The deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request was underway Tuesday with a gradual ramp-up of troops under orders to help curb illegal immigration. The Trump administration also announced that Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will visit this week a stretch of new border wall breaking ground in New Mexico, putting additional focus on what Trump has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.
The Republican governors of three Southwestern border states on Monday committed 1,600 National Guard members to the US-Mexico border, giving President Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what he has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime. Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas all made new pledges that add up to almost half of the up to 4,000 troops Trump sought.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state's National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico to support President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration. The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters took the first of them to the border.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but it wasn't clear who would be called up or if they would even be allowed to carry guns. Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection.
National Guard contingents in U.S. states bordering Mexico awaited guidance Thursday on the what duties they'll be assigned to help fight illegal immigration and drug smuggling along the border, and a Pentagon official said it has not yet been determined whether the troops will be armed. In Washington, Marine Lt.
California won't be adopting single-payer health care with its $400 billion price tag anytime soon. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon made sure of that by opposing it.
President Trump amped up his war of words on Saturday with California's governor, this time taking aim at Jerry Brown for pardoning five immigrants who face possible deportation. "Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown pardoned 5 criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include Kidnapping and Robbery Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize Dealing drugs," Trump tweeted Saturday.
"Governor Jerry 'Moonbeam' Brown pardoned 5 criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include Kidnapping and Robbery Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize Dealing drugs. Is this really what the great people of California want? @FoxNews," Mr. Trump tweeted .
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Gov. Jerry Brown are contorting themselves into knots - like they're following some kind of political Kama Sutra - over President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. An assistant secretary for administration at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare named Rufus E. Miles described this kind of phenomenon with what is now known as "Miles' Law" on political behavior, which states, "where you stand depends on where you sit."