President Donald Trump’s federal deployment of the National Guard to support immigration raids in Southern California may be impacting the state’s fire and drug response, some state politicians say.
One of the reasons the deployment has become so controversial is that it has drawn down members who would normally be working on state fire prevention and drug enforcement.
The mission for the California National Guard troops in Southern California is to protect personnel from the Department of Homeland Security. But now, California leaders say they’re needed to help with the fire season…