President Donald Trump’s “unlawful military presence” in Los Angeles, where earlier this month he ordered thousands of California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty U.S. Marines to report as anti-immigration protests raged, is affecting the state’s counter-narcotics efforts, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. 

“His unnecessary takeover is actively making Americans less safe,” the Democrat governor said in a post on X, after data was released from the guard about the effects of the deployments. 

According to data from CalGuard, nearly a third of the troops who were doing drug enforcement duties were pulled away to report to Los Angeles, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. 

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