Either the president of the United States or your state's governor can deploy the Guard as needed, which means you might get called up to help out after a disaster in your city or state.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 is the U.S. federal law that empowers the president of the United States to nationally deploy the U.S. military and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states in specific circumstances, such as the suppression of civil disorder, of insurrection, and of armed rebellion ...

Abolish ICE is a political movement that seeks the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).