Quote:Gov. Gavin Newsom says troops will be redeployed to combat fires, drug smuggling

Quote:In his State of the State address on Tuesday, the newly elected Democratic governor will say that border crossings had fallen to their lowest since 1971 and California's undocumented population had dropped to a more than 10-year low, spokesperson Brian Ferguson said.

"The border 'emergency' is nothing more than a manufactured crisis — and [California's] National Guard will not be part of this political theater," Newsom said on Twitter.

As a result, the governor would reassign about 360 California National Guard troops at the border to address the "real threats" faced by the state, including drug trafficking and wildfires, the spokesperson said in an email.

Newsom's office did not provide a timeline for the redeployments.

Quote:New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last week ordered most National Guard troops deployed at the state's border with Mexico to withdraw, also rejecting the Republican president's contention of a crisis.

Grisham, a Democrat, called Trump's frequent declarations of an immigration crisis at the border a "charade." The troops were deployed by her Republican predecessor, Susana Martinez, last year at Trump's request.