Days before National Guard troops were deployed on the streets of Los Angeles in June, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a law aimed at limiting the ability of unwelcome military forces to enter the state.

In the four months since then, President Donald Trump has deployed troops in Washington, D.C., and has ordered them to Memphis and Portland. In Colorado, Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have said there are no indications that similar deployments are planned here. Both officials said they would oppose it if it were to happen, with Johnston promising a legal fight on “day one.”

“We have looked at options for what a potential deployment would look like,” Polis said in a statement to The Denver Post on Monday. “I would not support federal overreach to activate the National Guard outsid

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