Key Takeaways:
- Page 555 of Project 2025 explicitly proposed using federal troops for immigration enforcement. Now it’s happening on American streets.
- 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles on June 7 to respond to protests against ICE raids, overriding California’s governor and bypassing state authority.
- Governor Newsom is suing the federal government, calling the deployment unlawful and a threat to state sovereignty.
On June 7, President Trump authorized approximately 2,000 National Guard troops, with 700 Marines on standby, to be deployed directly into Los Angeles to respond to public protest. This choice ignores the governor’s wishes and alarmingly escalates the situation, mixing military and civilian powers, stepping on state authority, and risking the use of military force as a political tool against Americans.
This should come as no surprise—it aligns with the framework outlined in Project 2025, which explicitly proposed using federal troops for immigration enforcement. But that vision has already expanded: it’s now playing out on American streets.
Project 2025’s Blueprint Unfolding
Page 555 of “Mandate for Leadership”, part of the Project 2025 initiative, explicitly recommends:
“This could include use of active-duty military personnel and National Guardsmen to assist in arrest operations along the border—something that has not yet been done.”
What began as a recommendation for southern border enforcement has evolved into military deployment into American communities. Veterans and civil liberty advocates warn this may mark the beginning of using military power to suppress lawful protest — not just illegal immigration.
“This is the politicisation of the armed forces,” says Maj Gen Paul Eaton, who commanded the training of Iraqi troops during the invasion of Iraq. “It casts the military in a terrible light – it’s that man on horseback, who really doesn’t want to be there, out in front of American citizens.”
Governor Gavin Newsom, who objected to the move, labeled it “unlawful” and filed a federal lawsuit arguing this federalization violates California’s constitutional authority. LAPD chief Jim McDonnell also criticized the deployment:
“The arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles presents significant logistical and operational challenges for those of us charged with safeguarding this city.”
These deployments aren’t about protecting public safety. They are about projecting federal power in defiance of democratic norms.
