Bass called the deployment of the National Guard a "chaotic escalation" of the situation, in a June 8 post to X.

This comes after the Trump administration last week reduced the troops' size by half to 2,000 National Guard members.

National Guard troops assigned to duty in Los Angeles more than a month ago after protests over immigration enforcement raids are being released from federal duty in Southern California. The Guard members’ activation by the federal government in early June was a flashpoint between the Trump administration and local,

Pentagon confirms that 2,000 California National Guard members are being withdrawn from the mission to protect federal buildings and personnel that followed ICE protests.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month,

Federal officials at the Pentagon confirmed that half of the 4,000 federalized members of the California National Guard deployed in Los Angeles are being released, though 2,000 guardsmen, along

The National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles early Sunday morning as the city braced for violence to continue over raids the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted in ...