The Trump administration has deployed into duty 2,000 National Guard soldiers in California, even as the state’s governor clashes with the White House over using troops to quell protests over the federal immigration crackdown.

Mike Kehoe's order triggers a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in Missouri.

Missouri has joined Texas in preemptively activating the state's National Guard ahead of the "No Kings" protests planned at about 2,000 sites across the nation on June 14 against President Donald Trump.