Protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids: Trump sent National Guard troops
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Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles over protests against immigration raids. The Governor of California called it a provocation that would increase tensions.
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to be sent to Los Angeles County to assist immigration agents who have clashed with protesters protesting workplace raids.
This was reported by UNN with a reference to The New York Times.
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On Saturday, President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to be sent to Los Angeles County to assist immigration agents who clashed with protesters protesting workplace raids, saying any protest or act of violence that interferes with officials' work will be considered a "form of rebellion,"
As The New York Times notes, Trump's order is an extraordinary escalation that puts Los Angeles squarely at the center of tensions over his administration's immigration crackdown.
AP reports that California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized Trump's order and called it a "deliberately provocative action that will only increase tensions." He later said the federal government wants a spectacle and urged people not to stage them by resorting to violence.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to deploy U.S. troops, demonstrating the administration's aggressive approach.
Trump's order came after clashes in Paramount and neighboring Compton, where a car was set on fire. Protests in Paramount lasted into the evening, with several hundred protesters gathering near a donut shop and authorities holding barbed wire to contain the crowd.
How the protests started
The Washington Post reported that protests were held in Los Angeles on the evening of June 6 over large-scale raids by the ICE immigration service.
Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, said at a news conference on Friday that seven raids had been carried out throughout the city, including at two Home Depot stores, a donut shop and a wholesale clothing store.
She said her organization confirmed that more than 45 people were detained during these operations, which she called "random searches" that appeared to be conducted without a warrant.
Trump's policy on migrants
In January, the Trump administration canceled entry permits to the United States for 10,000 refugees, including 1,600 Afghans.
Among those affected are aides to U.S. troops and relatives of active U.S. service members.
In addition, the United States has already warned immigrants that parents of children born in the United States do not have "immunity" from deportation.
In late May, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate the CHNV program, which protected more than 500,000 migrants. This decision puts deportation at risk for natives of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.