Active-duty troops Trump sent to LA now just getting deployed wherever [View all]
Have you ever wondered what constitutes the “greater Los Angeles area?” Would it surprise you that the Trump administration thinks it includes the Coachella Valley, some 130 miles away?
The Trump administration’s bogus interpretation of “greater Los Angeles” has led to California National Guard members, who have been illegally deployed by President Donald Trump, helping the Drug Enforcement Agency conduct drug busts—two hours from Los Angeles.
In a Monday court filing, California attorneys reported National Guard members in the Coachella Valley on June 17, helping with cannabis raids. Rightly so, the attorneys said that this didn’t fall under the Trump administration’s reasons for deploying troops in Los Angeles to quell protests.
The DEA deployed 315 National Guard members to raid cannabis farms “due to the magnitude and topography of this operation.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/24/2329835/-Active-duty-troops-Trump-sent-to-LA-now-just-getting-deployed-wherever
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