US Immigration policy by Donald Trump has triggered protests and clashes on a big scale in the city of Los Angeles for the second day. Los Angeles in California will receive 2000 National Guard troops to address the lawlessness – a Whitehouse Spokes person said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilise active-duty troops “if violence continues” in Los Angeles.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said –
Trump was deploying the National Guard not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,
Further he added,
These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States.
That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated –
the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!
During Saturday’s protests, security personnel confronted hundreds of protesters in the Paramount area of southeast Los Angeles. The crowds called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to leave their city.
Clashes started after ICE agents raided several locations in the city and arrested at least 44 people on alleged immigration violations.
Civil and human rights attorney, Robert Patillo said
Normally, if federal troops are going to be used inside of states, it’s going to be at the invitation of the governor of that state. For example, in 1992, the California governor invited federal troops in to put down the LA riots. But if the governor, such as Gavin Newsom, has not asked for federal troops to come in, and these troops are coming in against his will, then there will be challenges,
We are a republic. We are made up of a union of 50 states, and the president does not have direct authority over every state. We’re now seeing President Trump going to New York, saying he wants to end to congestion fees and using federal powers there. He’s going into Harvard [University] to say he wants to change curriculums there. He’s suing law firms to change their values. He’s going up to corporations. He’s now saying he’s sending direct federal troops into Los Angeles to put down speech,
At what point in time do people realise exactly what’s going on a macro level within this administration? And when are those small government conservatives going to come back and say, maybe this is too much power in the hands of one man?
The White House has set a goal for ICE to arrest at least 3,000 migrants per day.