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Yahoo
29 minutes ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's Response to L.A. Protests: What We Know
President Donald Trump announced his is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting people the federal government alleges are undocumented immigrants. In his memo deploying the National Guard, Trump left the door open for the Pentagon to deploy active duty military to Los Angeles. Trump wrote that 'the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion.' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the Department of Defense would mobilize active duty Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton 'if violence continues,' describing the Marines there as 'on high alert.' The last time Marines were deployed to assist with law enforcement was in 1992 when George Bush, responding to the California governor's request, sent Marines from Camp Pendleton to subdue riots following the acquittal of four white police officers who severely beat Rodney King, a Black man pulled over for a traffic violation. California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to Hegseth's words by writing in a post on X, formerly Twitter, 'The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.' Reacting to Trump's order to deploy the National Guard, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told KTLA on Sunday, 'I have talked to officials high up in his administration, and I expressed to them that things were not out of control in the City of Los Angeles. Paramount had some issues, but I doubt very seriously that there is a need for the National Guard there either.' 'To me, this is just political,' Bass added. Newsom said Trump's decision move was 'purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions [and] erode public trust.' As of early Sunday morning, Bass and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the National Guard was not yet deployed in the city. 'Just to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles,' Bass said in a statement issued around midnight local time. But that did not stop the president from claiming victory and taking credit. 'Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest,' he wrote on Truth Social a couple hours after Bass' statement. 'These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED.' NBC4 Los Angeles reported at 8 A.M. local time that National Guard troops had arrived in the city. Protests began Friday as ICE executed immigration raids at several workplaces in the Los Angeles area, including the city of Paramount in south L.A. County, where ICE arrested at least 44 individuals for alleged immigration violations, and Compton. Police arrested more than a dozen people during the protests for allegedly impeding federal agents. Some protesters, according to Reuters, threw what looked like chunks of concrete at law enforcement who responded with tear gas, pepper spray, and 'flash-bang' grenades. 'We will continue to arrest anyone who interferes with federal law enforcement,' U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli wrote on X, naming four individuals arrested by federal agents and attaching their photos. 'Now they know that they cannot go to anywhere in this country where our people are, and try to kidnap our workers, our people — they cannot do that without an organized and fierce resistance,' protester Ron Gochez, 44, told Reuters. On Friday, another protest took place surrounding a federal building in downtown L.A. where protesters believed detainees were being held after showing up for their ICE check-in appointments. Attorneys for those detained said immigrants who came to their check-ins were escorted to the basement of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and detained. Attorney Lizbeth Mateo told CBS News that a married couple — including a U.S. citizen — and their children were held overnight in a room without beds and with only limited access to food and water. The wife along with the children were released Wednesday evening because she required medical attention for her high-risk pregnancy. Her husband, an immigrant who Mateo said previously received a stay of removal preventing him from being deported, was still in custody as of early Friday. Bass said Sunday that immigrants who were detained downtown have likely been transported to an ICE facility in Adelanto. 'This is something I've never seen before,' Mateo said. 'Under the first Trump administration, I represented clients with very difficult cases, but never anything like this. Under any other circumstance, he would have been released.' In Paramount, federal agents deployed non-lethal munitions toward protesters, said L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna, according to CBS News. 'We will protect your right to peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence or destruction of property,' Luna told reporters. 'I urge the community to approach the situation peacefully, as we do not want anyone to be harmed.' The sheriff's department stated that it 'was not involved in any federal law enforcement operations' and instead 'was focused solely on traffic management and crowd control.' Steve Vladeck, a Georgetown Law professor, wrote that because Trump did not invoke the Insurrection Act in his Saturday night order, the National Guard troops 'will not be allowed to engage in ordinary law enforcement activities.' Instead, he said, they will only be able to 'provide a form of force protection and other logistical support for ICE personnel.' Anonymous White House sources confirmed to Reuters that Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy U.S. military forces to enforce laws and quell civil disorder. The last time it was invoked was 1992 during the Los Angeles riots at the California governor's request. 'There's nothing these troops will be allowed to do that, for example, the ICE officers against whom these protests have been directed could not do themselves,' Vladeck wrote. Instead of using the Insurrection Act, Trump invoked Title 10 of the U.S. Code on Armed Services, which grants the president authority to deploy members of the National Guard into federal service in certain situations, including during 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.' He justified his actions by stating in his order: 'To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.' Essentially, he is saying the protesters' interference with ICE's immigration roundups amount to a rebellion against the government. It's important to note, however, that California officials did not request federal support. 'For the federal government to take over the California National Guard, without the request of the governor, to put down protests is truly chilling,' Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, told The New York Times. 'It is using the military domestically to stop dissent.' The White House previously considered invoking the Insurrection Act at the U.S.-Mexico border but has not yet done so. During his first term, Trump deployed the National Guard when he asked several states to send troops to Washington, D.C. in response to protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. While some governors did send their troops, those who did not comply with Trump's request were not forced to do so. This time, however, Trump is clearly going against Newsom's wishes in deploying California's National Guard. More from Rolling Stone The Biggest Boondoggles in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Donald Trump Is Destroying the Economy and Waging War on the Poor Trump Moves to Deploy National Guard to L.A. Over ICE Protests Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
Al Jazeera
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Trump deploys National Guard against anti-ICE protests in LA
NewsFeed Trump deploys National Guard against anti-ICE protests in LA US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to combat the ongoing protests against ICE immigration raids in Los Angeles, citing 'lawlessness' in the city. Activists have called for a third day of protests Sunday in opposition to the immigration sweeps and national guard deployment.
The Independent
3 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
‘I can't see anything!': Tear gas leaves reporter gasping and coughing during LA protest
A reporter was left coughing and gasping live on air while covering the Los Angeles ICE protests. CBS Los Angeles captured the harrowing scene of law enforcement using tear gas to dispel demonstrators who gathered to protest immigration raids at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Saturday night. 'We have fireworks going off, tear gas is in the air, people are dispersing,' KCAL reporter Lauren Pozen relayed to anchors. She could be heard coughing offscreen and struggling to speak before adding, 'I can't see anything. I'm sorry, I can't see anything.' The CBS LA anchors urge Pozen to leave the scene, asking to switch to a chopper shot of the chaos as the reporter continues coughing. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to quell the protests.
Russia Today
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
California governor pushes back against ‘federal takeover'
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized US President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles, calling the action 'purposefully inflammatory' and warning that it would lead to escalation. The White House said the deployment followed two days of protests and assaults on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel during immigration operations in Southern California. Trump argued that California officials had failed to control the unrest and that the federal government would intervene to restore order. Newsom encouraged demonstrators to continue to 'speak out peacefully' and warned against 'using violence' in a post on X. 'The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles – not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,' he said. 'Don't give them one.' Anti-ICE protests on Saturday escalated into violent clashes in Paramount, where crowds gathered near a Home Depot. ICE said no raid occurred at that location, but Border Patrol personnel and Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were forced to use tear gas and 'less-lethal rounds' after unruly crowds confronted the officers. Similar clashes took place on Friday, as ICE conducted three raids in Los Angeles, resulting in 44 administrative arrests. Newsom said he had deployed California Highway Patrol officers on Saturday to 'maintain safety on Los Angeles highways to keep the peace,' but emphasized, 'It's not the CHP's job to assist in federal immigration enforcement.' 'The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate. That is not the way any civilized country behaves,' Newsom said. Federal officials criticized the Los Angeles Police Department for taking more than two hours to respond to a disturbance at a federal building on Friday night. 'The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless rioters is despicable,' said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. Meanwhile, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said his department supported fellow officers after federal agents came under attack on Saturday. 'Eventually, that crowd grew to between 350 and 400 people, and some began throwing objects at the agents,' Luna told reporters about the confrontation in Paramount. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported 118 arrests from ICE operations in Los Angeles over the past week, including five individuals identified as gang members. Many had prior convictions for drug trafficking and assault. The agency also cited a '413% increase in assaults' on officers and said agents' family members had been doxxed.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump deploys National Guard to quell Los Angeles area ICE raid protests
President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area on Saturday as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rattle the city. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move is a result of 'violent mobs' attacking 'Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations' in recent days. 'These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California's feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens. 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,' she wrote. Trump said California Democrats Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass were to blame for the unrest that began as a result of ICE raids. Los Angeles police have not responded to rowdy demonstrations where protestors have vandalized cars and property, according to administration officials. LAPD confirmed they were not involved. 'If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can't do their jobs, which everyone knows they can't, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!' Trump wrote in a Saturday Truth Social post. However, Newsom said the federal response is 'inflammatory' and said deploying soldiers 'will erode public trust.' 'LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment's notice,' Newsom wrote in a Saturday X post. 'We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need,' he added. A group of over 800 assembled to address their outrage following Friday's raids. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security said demonstrations have spread across the country, leading to several arrests in Los Angeles County and 5 in New York City this week, according to NewsNation reporting. 'Outside a federal law enforcement building in New York City, more than 150 rioters erupted to interfere with ICE's immigration enforcement operations,' DHS wrote on X. 'Thankfully, unlike in Los Angeles, the local police department quickly responded to the riots. So far, NYPD [New York Police Department] has made five arrests,' the post read, adding that those who touch law enforcement officers will be prosecuted. NewsNation is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also owns The Hill. Updated at 9:32 p.m. EDT. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
