An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo said that National Guard troops would assist in the deportation process for ...

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to immigration facilities further blurs the line between military and law ...

A Houston man once trusted to protect the border has now been convicted of smuggling migrants. What prosecutors revealed in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The National Guard Bureau and the U.S. Department of Defense have announced the establishment of a State ...

The Illinois National Guard is entering an international partnership that aims to further the defense of both the United States and a longtime ally. The National Guard Bureau and U.S. Department of ...

National Guard forces have largely been used to provide administrative ... our DHS partners in executing the President’s ...

WASHINGTON – The possibility of the Trump administration sending National Guard troops on immigration raids outside their own state could cause a legal clash between states – and with the ...

That law authorizes the president to "call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State" in three circumstances: 1) when the United States "is invaded or is in danger ...

Another law, the Posse Comitatus Act, generally prohibits the military from being used within the United States. The 2,000 National Guard troops are only deployed to protect ICE officers.

National Guard members can be deployed by the governors of their resident states and by the president of the U.S. Statewide mobilizations often are to support communities during and after natural ...

By serving with units near or in the community from which they come, National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provide a community-connected presence for our military throughout the United States.

At the time, the National Guard made up 15% of the 67,000 troops in Afghanistan and 7% of the 144,000 in Iraq. State efforts to seize authority over the Guard have been a relatively obscure issue ...