DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups, Pentagon reviewing request

By TARA COPP and REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press.
DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump’s “mandate from the American people to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens,” department spoke