WASHINGTON — Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities, according to a Defense Department memo received by state leaders on Sunday.
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Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities
The deployment was described in a Defense Department memo received by state leaders on Sunday and is being made over their objections
It's similar to one last summer in Los Angeles, where protesters demonstrated against deportation operations, but is on a much smaller scale
President Donald Trump had announced on Saturday that he would sen