President Donald Trump's efforts to — including Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president's authority and who controls the Guard.
A judge in California has ruled that the deployment of 4,000 National Guard members — along with 700 Marines — in Los Angeles earlier this year . A judge in Oregon issued over the weekend blocking the administration from deploying federal troops to protect federal property in that state. Chicago and Illinois have there. National Guard troops from Texas .