U.S. Northern Command stood up a formal task force on Sunday to coordinate the U.S. military’s deployments into Los Angeles County.

The announcement from the command clarifies several details left vague on Saturday when President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced they were sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles.

“As USNORTHCOM’s land component command, U.S. Army North stood up Task Force 51, with a two-star general, as the ground command and control element over the Title 10 forces,” NORTHCOM’s announcement said.

NORTHCOM confirmed that roughly 2,000 California National Guard soldiers were under federal control as part of the task force.

Trump ordered that National Guard members be federalized and sent to Los Angeles to “temporarily protect” Immigration

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