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President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move was “purposefully inflammatory”
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops despite the governor’s objections to Los Angeles, where protests led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.
Confrontations broke out again for a second day on Saturday.
The White House said in a statement on Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move from the Republican president was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
California governor calls Trump National Guard deployment in LA unlawful
California Governor Gavin Newsom says he requested the Trump administration withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County. Police declared one rally near City Hall to be an “unlawful assembly,” alleging that some protesters threw concrete, bottles and other objects at police. About a dozen National Guard members, along with Department of Homeland Security personnel, pushed back a group of demonstrators that amassed outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles. Police say about 30 people were arrested on Saturday, including three on suspicion of assaulting an officer. The protests pit Democratic-run Los Angeles, where census data suggests a significant part of the population is Hispanic and foreign-born, against Trump’s Republican White House, which has immigration enforcement measures in place. The White House disputed Newsom’s characterization, saying in a statement that “everyone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness” The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for information on a suspect accused of throwing rocks at police vehicles in Paramount, injuring a federal officer.
Democratic governor calls on Trump to withdraw troops
Immigration protests continue in Los Angeles for third day
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (Reuters) – California National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday to quell demonstrations over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, as the state’s Democratic governor called their deployment unlawful.
The National Guard began deploying as demonstrations over federal immigration raids continued for a third day in Los Angeles, culminating in confrontations between protesters and police.
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Los Angeles police declared one rally near City Hall to be an “unlawful assembly,” alleging that some protesters threw concrete, bottles and other objects at police. “Arrests are being initiated,” the department wrote in a post on social media.
Demonstrators shouted “shame on you” at police and some appeared to throw objects, according to video. A group of protesters blocked the 101 Freeway, a major thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he requested the Trump administration withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County, calling it unlawful.
Newsom accused Trump of trying to manufacture a crisis and violating California’s state sovereignty. “These are the acts of a dictator, not a President,” he wrote in a post on X.
The White House disputed Newsom’s characterization, saying in a statement that “everyone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness.”
Earlier, about a dozen National Guard members, along with Department of Homeland Security personnel, pushed back a group of demonstrators that amassed outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, video showed.
Trump in a social media post on Sunday, called the demonstrators “violent, insurrectionist mobs” and said he was directing his cabinet officers “to take all such action necessary” to stop what he called “riots.”
Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, he threatened violence against demonstrators who spit on police or National Guard troops, saying “they spit, we hit.” He did not cite any specific incidents.
“If we see danger to our country and to our citizens, it will be very, very strong in terms of law and order,” Trump said.
National Guard troops were also seen in Paramount, in southeast Los Angeles, near the Home Depot, the site of altercations between protesters and police on Saturday.
Law enforcement faced off with a few hundred protesters in Paramount and 100 in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with federal officers firing gas canisters in efforts to disperse crowds, according to Reuters witnesses.
Authorities in Los Angeles arrested about 30 people on Saturday, including three on suspicion of assaulting an officer. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said three deputies sustained minor injuries.
The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for information on a suspect accused of throwing rocks at police vehicles in Paramount, injuring a federal officer.
Despite Trump’s rhetoric about the demonstrations, he has not invoked the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that empowers a president to deploy the U.S. military to suppress events like civil disorder. Asked on Sunday whether he was considering invoking the law, he replied “it depends on whether or not there’s an insurrection.”
‘ZERO TOLERANCE’
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The protests pit Democratic-run Los Angeles, where census data suggests a significant part of the population is Hispanic and foreign-born, against Trump’s Republican White House, which has made immigration enforcement measures a hallmark of his second term.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty troops “if violence continues” in Los Angeles, saying the Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were “on high alert.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said her city’s law enforcement would have been able to handle the protesters, and blamed the Trump administration for inciting tensions by sending in the National Guard.
“It’s a feeling here of intentional chaos in a situation that had not broken out to violence short of a few people,” Bass, a Democrat, said on CNN.
Democratic Congresswoman Nanette Barragan, whose California district includes Paramount, also blamed the Trump administration.
“It’s only going to make things worse in a situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement,” Barragan told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Vanessa Cárdenas, the head of the immigration advocacy group America’s Voice, accused the Trump administration of “trumping up an excuse to abuse power, and deliberately stoke and force confrontations around immigration.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the National Guard would provide safety around buildings to people engaged in peaceful protest and to law enforcement.
ICE operations in Los Angeles on Friday arrested at least 44 people on alleged immigration violations. The Department of Homeland Security on Sunday shared information about what it said were the criminal records of some of those arrested.
Trump has pledged to deport record numbers of people in the country illegally and lock down the U.S.-Mexico border, setting a goal for ICE to arrest at least 3,000 migrants per day.
But the sweeping enforcement measures have also included people legally residing in the country, some with permanent residence, and has led to legal challenges.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday criticized the U.S. government over the immigration raids and deployment of the National Guard.
“We do not agree with this way of addressing the immigration issue,” Sheinbaum, who has sought to cultivate a positive relationship with Trump, said at a public event. “The phenomenon will not be addressed with raids or violence. It will be by sitting down and working on comprehensive reform.”
TRUMP’S JUSTIFICATION
Trump’s justification for the National Guard deployment cited a provision of Title 10 of the U.S. Code on the Armed Forces. However, Title 10 also says the “orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States.”
It was not immediately clear if the president had the legal authority to deploy the National Guard troops without Newsom’s order.
Title 10 allows for National Guard deployment by the federal government if there is “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.” Those troops are only allowed to engage in limited activities and cannot undertake ordinary law enforcement activities.
Trump’s memo says the troops will “temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur.”
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Tensions flare as federal agents clash with LA protesters
California Governor Gavin Newsom called the decision “purposefully inflammatory” He posted on X that Trump was deploying the National Guard “not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,” adding: “Don’t give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully” The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state’s National Guard was activated without a request from its governor. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemned the immigration raids, saying she was ‘deeply angered’ by what had taken place in the city. Trump said there were ‘violent people’ in Los Angeles, and they’re not gonna get away with it. He warned that California officials who obstruct deportations will face charges, while apparently forgetting he refused to send troops when a violent mob of protesters raided Congress on January 6th, 2020. He threatened to mobilise active duty troops “if violence continues”, Reuters said.
An AFP photographer saw fires and fireworks light up the streets during clashes | Credits: @RINGO CHIU/AFP
US Federal agents clashed with protesters near a detention centre in downtown Los Angeles, as confrontations stretched into a third day, prompting President Donald Trump to order the deployment of about 300 National Guard troops and Pentagon Chief Peter Hegseth to threaten to send active duty soldiers already on high alert.
“Federal law-enforcement officials fired canisters of tear gas at a group protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles on Sunday, a day after Trump ordered the National Guard to help quell demonstrations over the objections of California officials,” the New York Times reported.
The Associated Press (AP), which posted a video of the protests, said a confrontation broke out as hundreds of people protested government raids against allegedly illegal immigrants in front of LA’s Metropolitan Detention Centre. The AP video shows uniformed officers shooting smoke-filled canisters as they advanced into the street, forcing protesters to retreat. The National Guard troops stood shoulder to shoulder behind plastic riot shields.
Without the governor’s request
The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state’s National Guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to halt Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
California Governor Gavin Newsom called the decision “purposefully inflammatory.” He posted on X that Trump was deploying the National Guard “not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,” adding: “Don’t give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.” The governor also wrote that Trump’s attempts to militarise California “are an alarming abuse of power.” Newsom also said Hegseth’s threats to send active duty personnel were “deranged behaviour.”
In response to Trump’s proposal to defund California, Newsom said his state will stop paying federal taxes. Californians pay the bills for the federal government.
“We pay over $80 billion more in taxes than we get back. Maybe it’s time to cut that off, @realDonaldTrump. Californians pay the bills for the federal government,” he stated on X.
2,000 more National Guard troops
The continuation of intense protests prompted the Trump Administration to threaten sending 2,000 more National Guard troops and Hetseth saying he was prepared to mobilise active duty troops “if violence continues”, Reuters said.
The three-day protests in Los Angeles are far smaller than past events that have brought the National Guard to Los Angeles, including the Watts and Rodney King riots, and the protests against police violence in 2020, when Newsom requested the assistance of federal troops, AP said.
Trump told reporters as he prepared to board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, Sunday that there were “violent people” in Los Angeles, and they’re not gonna get away with it.”
Asked if he would deploy troops to Los Angeles, the president replied, “We’re gonna have troops everywhere. We won’t let this happen to our country. We’re not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden.” He warned that California officials who obstruct deportations will face charges, while apparently forgetting he refused to send troops when a violent mob of protesters raided Congress on January 6th, 2020.
In a statement Sunday, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused California’s politicians and protesters of “defending heinous illegal alien criminals at the expense of Americans’ safety.”
“Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens?” she said. “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer,” McLaughlin.
‘I’m deeply angered,’ says LA Mayor
Television news footage on Friday showed unmarked vehicles resembling military transport and vans loaded with uniformed federal agents streaming through Los Angeles streets as part of the immigration enforcement operation.
Raids occurred around Home Depot stores, where street vendors and day labourers were picked up, as well as at a garment factory and a warehouse, Salas of Chirla said.
Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, condemned the immigration raids.
“I am deeply angered by what has taken place,” Bass said in a statement. “These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city. We will not stand for this.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemned the immigration raids. “I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city. We will not stand for this.”
There is no doubt that this story has not ended yet, and further consequences will surely unfold in the days to come.
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President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move was “purposefully inflammatory”
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops despite the governor’s objections to Los Angeles, where protests led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.
Confrontations broke out again for a second day on Saturday.
The White House said in a statement on Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move from the Republican president was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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