The Hawaii National Guard confirmed to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that 30 Hawaii guardsmen, members of a Hilo-based helicopter unit, are deployed to California as part of Task Force Sentinel, a military operation providing air support to the U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies. They’re slated to return to Hawaii sometime after the summer.

Eyewitness News got a closer look at the Department of Defense's role in Southern California immigration operations on Monday at MacArthur Park.

“That runs the gamut from making arrests, investigating crimes, and doing police work, all the way up to guarding prisoners or running courts,” says Daniel Maurer, an Army JAG until 2024 who also taught law at West Point and at the Judge Advocate General’s School in Virginia.

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Video shows armed federal agents, some on horses, walking across a soccer pitch. Mayor Bass said minutes before, more than 20 kids were playing on the field.

The Trump administration is considering using the National Guard for immigration enforcement, setting up a possible states' rights showdown.

Eyewitness News got a closer look at the Department of Defense's role in Southern California immigration operations on Monday at MacArthur Park.