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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump signed an executive order, sending 1,500 additional troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.

And Pierce Quill Lawrence reports they'll join National Guard troops already deployed to the border.

Trump promised during his campaign to use active duty military to secure the southern border.

They're expected to support border patrol

with logistics, transportation, and construction of barriers. Active military are prohibited from

taking part in domestic policing, but Trump has spoken about invoking a law called the

Insurrection Act to allow soldiers to help with civilian law enforcement. Both President Biden and

President Trump during his first term

sent active duty troops to the border.

The White House released a fact sheet that calls the illegal entry of migrants from Mexico

an invasion which the American people elected Trump to prevent.

Quill Lawrence NPR News.

In Los Angeles, fire officials have ordered mandatory evacuations because of the spread of the Hughes fire, which started today.

The blaze is growing rapidly, exploding from a brush fire to now burning more than 5,000 acres, that all in just two hours.

Some schools in the area are bringing kids inside because of the smoke. The cause of

the blaze is under investigation. And the National Weather Service's forecasting rain this weekend,

but that is raising fears of landslides since the area is denuded from the recent fires.

Among President Trump's executive orders is one taking aim at water in California following his criticism of the state's water management.

Manola Sakira from Cap Radio has more.

The executive order titled Putting People Over Fish directs federal agencies to begin working on routing more water from California's Sacramento-San-Walking Delta to other parts of the state.

This comes after Trump blamed water shortages during the Los Angeles area wildfires on statewide mismanagement.

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