translated from Spanish: California will withdraw its troops from the border with Mexico

SACRAMENTO, California, USA (AP) — the Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is withdrawing from the border with Mexico, most of the troops of the National Guard of the State because no particular í in the “absurd theatre” of the Government of President Donald Trump on border security. Still, he acknowledged that some troops were doing a good job in the fight against drug trafficking and said it plans to allow the approximately 360 State Troopers located 100 to continue work with the federal Government.” I’m trying to recognize that there are some legitimate concerns, but I am not going to get into all the hype and politics”, told journalists before signing an executive order that changed the Mission of the troops. The former Governor Jerry Brown agreed in April to install up to 400 troops on the border in response to a request from the Government of Trump to the four States bordering Mexico. Brown clearly specified that the troops of California could not help in enforcing immigration laws, but Newsom said there was a “grey area” in the work carried out. The major general David Baldwin of the National Guard of California said that troops have not been involved in immigration arrests, but some are carrying out surveillance via cameras that could aid in silently to the fight against illegal immigration. Newsom censured the Government of Trump the eve that pronounced his first speech on the State of the country’s most populous state and frequent opponent of Washington. In announcing his decision to withdraw the troops, the Governor increased his rhetoric against the President.
“All this is theater of the absurd and California already was enough”, he said.

The Government of Trump has not said in this regard.

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