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,