When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.

About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel. Some troops were seen outside a federal building by midday Friday. Maj. Gen.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Walz, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2024, blasted the Trump administration’s “cruel and misguided immigration policies.” Minnesotans are “angry that the federal government has been snatching people up” and detaining them “without a shred of due process,” he added.

Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature passed a package of bills this week that were designed to aid in federal crackdowns on migrants suspected of entering the country illegally.