Concerns Over Militarization of National Guardsmen

Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. But he’s never witnessed the military used the way it’s being deployed in Los Angeles in response to protests opposing the Trump administration’s immigration raids. On this week’s More To The Story, Smith discusses how the military appears increasingly tasked with enforcing a political agenda rather than defending the Constitution.

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Listen: Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Decades in the Making (More To The Story)
Listen: Immigrants on the Line (Reveal)
Read: The “Twisted” History of Trump’s Legal Theory for Using Troops Against Protesters (Mother Jones)

Read: Confessions of a Weekend Warrior: Thirty-Five Years in the National Guard (Greg Smith)

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