Congressman Neguse Issues Statement on President Trump Deploying National Guard in Los Angeles County

Washington, D.C. — Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement in response to the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles County: 

“The federalization and deployment of the National Guard — and the deployment of marines — in Los Angeles County, over the objections of the Governor of California and local officials, is deeply reckless and misguided. As the Governor has made clear, the President’s actions are a brazen abuse of power and clearly run the dangerous risk of escalating and inflaming the situation, not resolving it. All violence and lawlessness must be condemned, and those engaged in criminal activity must be held accountable. The President must reverse course — immediately — to prevent further inflammation and erosion in public trust, and his Republican supporters in Congress must join us in rejecting the Administration’s repeated instances of executive overreach and cruel immigration policies, separating families and targeting Dreamers.”

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