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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Judge Questions Trump's Authority to Deploy National Guard to Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned the Trump administration's justifications for mobilizing troops in Los Angeles in response to protests that have swept the city, promising to issue a decision soon in California's bid to stop the deployments. During the hourlong hearing before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, a lawyer for the Justice Department argued that courts have no power to second-guess the president's decisions regarding the National Guard troops and Marines that President Trump has sent over the objections of state and local officials.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
California asks court to block US troop deployment in LA
Local officials insisted the sporadic clashes in Los Angeles were isolated and maintained they remained in control despite the troop deployment. (AP pic) LOS ANGELES : California on Tuesday asked a court for a restraining order to prevent US troops being deployed on the streets of Los Angeles, after President Donald Trump sent in Marines and the National Guard. 'Sending trained warfighters onto the streets is unprecedented and threatens the very core of our democracy,' Governor Gavin Newsom said. 'Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a president. We ask the court to immediately block these unlawful actions.' The move came five days after immigration raids around Los Angeles ignited demonstrations – mostly peaceful, but with sporadic clashes between protesters and law enforcement. The violence – including the burning of several cars on Sunday – has been eye-catching but isolated, and local officials have insisted they remain in control. But Trump and his administration have argued otherwise and taken the extraordinary step of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and even active duty Marines – over Newsom's protests. The president and his Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, have 'have sought to bring military personnel and a 'warrior culture' to the streets of cities and towns where Americans work, go to school, and raise their families,' according to the court filing, seen by AFP. 'To put it bluntly, there is no invasion or rebellion in Los Angeles; there is civil unrest that is no different from episodes that regularly occur in communities throughout the country, and that is capable of being contained by state and local authorities working together,' it said. 'And nothing is stopping the president from enforcing the laws through use of ordinary, civilian mechanisms available to federal officers.'
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Hegseth grilled over Trump's LA troop deployment, estimated to cost US$134 million
UD Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back against Democrats' criticism of the decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles, telling Congress that the Trump administration wants to protect immigration agents and keep demonstrations there from getting out of control. Advertisement Asked by congresswoman Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, how much the deployment would cost, Hegseth criticised Governor Tim Walz's handling of protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis 2020. US President Donald Trump recognises 'a situation like that, improperly handled by a governor like it was by Governor Walz, if it gets out of control – it's a bad situation for the citizens of any location', Hegseth said. He said Immigration and Customs Enforcement 'has the right to safely conduct operations in any state and any jurisdiction in the country, especially after 21 million illegals have crossed our border under the previous administration'. Hegseth's comments during the hearing, which at times turned combative, echoed Trump's remarks on Monday in which he said he 'watched Minneapolis burn'. Officials also gave more detail on the scope of the deployment and the role the Marines will play. Advertisement Hegesth said the deployment would last 60 days, as detailed in a presidential memorandum over the weekend.
