Trump deploys National Guard after clashes in LA

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gkyggekgyo

US President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen in Los 
Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants.

His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Saturday: "We are making Los 
Angeles safer."

The Californian city saw a second day of unrest on Saturday as residents 
of a predominantly Latino district clashed with Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE) federal agents. Tear gas and batons were used to 
disperse crowds in the Paramount district.

As many as 118 arrests were made in LA this week as a result of ICE 
operations, including 44 on Friday. California Governor Gavin Newsom has 
condemned the raids as "cruel".

Paramount has calmed considerably but clashes between protesters and law 
enforcement are still happening.

The air is acrid - thick with tear gas and smoke outside the Home Depot 
where the protests first erupted.

LA county sheriffs are firing flash bangs and tear gas every few minutes 
trying to clear protesters away.

Neighbours and protesters say there are migrants locked inside local 
businesses afraid to come out.

A White House press release said: "In recent days, violent mobs have 
attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out 
basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California.

"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."

Speaking in Los Angeles, where he had travelled to personally supervise 
the continuing ICE operations, Homan said: "We're bringing in more 
resources as we speak. We gonna bring the National Guard in tonight. We 
gonna continue doing our job."

He warned that there would be "zero tolerance" of any violence or damage 
to private property.

In a post on X, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino also issued a warning to 
protesters: "You bring chaos, and we'll bring handcuffs. Law and order 
will prevail."

He said that "multiple arrests" had been made for "obstructing 
operations".

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth wrote on X that his department was 
"mobilising the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law 
enforcement in Los Angeles".

"And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will 
also be mobilised - they are on high alert," he added.

In a statement on Friday, Governor Newsom said: "Continued chaotic federal 
sweeps, across California, to meet an arbitrary arrest quota are as 
reckless as they are cruel.

"Donald Trump's chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and 
undermining the workers and industries that power America's economy."

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass earlier accused the ICE of "sowing terror" in 
America's second largest city.

The FBI and Homeland Security chiefs said the mayor's comments were 
endangering federal agents.

Angelica Salas, who leads the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, told 
a recent rally: "Our community is under attack and is being terrorised. 
These are workers. These are fathers. These are mothers. And this has to 
stop."

The US president has the authority to deploy the National Guard for 
certain purposes which include "suppressing rebellion".

But responding on Saturday, California's governor said the federal 
government's move to "take over the California National Guard and deploy 
2,000 soldiers" was "purposefully inflammatory" and would "only escalate 
tensions".

"LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a 
moment's notice," Newsom added.

Trump hit out at the governor on his Truth Social platform, saying that if 
he and Bass could not do their jobs, "then the Federal Government will 
step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be 
solved!!!"


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