The LA Times
National Guard troops that were mobilized to help respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles were then sent more than 100 miles away to protect federal agents enforcing immigration laws on marijuana farms in the Coachella Valley, according to court documents filed by the Trump administration Monday.
Around 315 National Guard troops assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration in executing a federal search warrant Wednesday on suspected illegal marijuana farms in Thermal, a desert community around 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs, according to a DEA spokesperson.
During the operation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested between 70 and 75 workers on suspicion of lacking documentation, the spokesperson said. One U.S. citizen was arrested on suspicion of impeding law enforcement.
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