Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that National Guard troop deployments could extend to other states beyond California, amid riots in Los Angeles against immigration enforcement.
Speaking to a Senate panel, Hegseth said that if riots occur in other places, the federal government may send troops there.
“Part of it was about getting ahead of the problem, so that if in other places, if there are other riots, in places where law enforcement officers are threatened, we would have the capability to surge National Guard there, if necessary,” the Pentagon chief said, responding to a question from Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)….