Gov. Josh Green will require a briefing on the circumstances and the “true need” of a federal request to activate the Hawaii National Guard before considering the deployment of soldiers for any law enforcement duties like President Donald Trump’s effort to carry out the largest mass deportation of migrants without legal residency status in U.S. history.

“Governor Green carefully considers all requests to activate the Hawaii National Guard, which can be made for specific crises. Though like other Governors, he feels the guard is most appropriately used for local state crises, guided by that state’s Governor,” Makana McClellan, Green’s communications director, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in a statement.

Activation decisions in natural disasters are easier to make, as guard members ar

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