CALIFORNIA: NO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO BORDER

The state of California has rejected the terms of the Trump administration's initial request to deploy National Guard troops along the border with Mexico, U.S. military officials and the head of the Border Patrol said Monday, the latest sign of persistent tension with the White House over immigration enforcement.

The troops in California are under the command of Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democratic who last week said he would send up to 400 personnel in a limited role.

Just how limited became clearer Monday after California's National Guard told Homeland Security officials the state will not allow soldiers to do the types of things they're doing elsewhere on the border: monitoring surveillance cameras, performing maintenance and transporting U.S. border agents.

“The California National Guard has indicated they will not perform those missions,” Defense Department official Robert Salesses told reporters at a briefing Monday. He said Homeland Security officials are “in continuing dialogue and discussion” with state officials and did not rule out an agreement on an even more circumscribed role for the troops.

Trump has frequently clashed with Brown over the state's "sanctuary" policies limiting the participation of state and local police in federal immigration enforcement. Brown sent a letter last week offering to send troops to the border — on the condition they don't participate in immigration enforcement — and the next day Trump praised him in an exuberant tweet.