President Trump referred to the situation in Los Angeles on the Truth Social social network. Wrote that If the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles “cannot do their work, and everyone knows that they cannot, the federal government will enter the matter and solve the problem of riots and looters as it should be solved !!!“.
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“Americans, it is about enforcing the law, and again – we will not apologize for doing it” – he said.
Saturday is the second day of protests against ICE activities. In Paramount, California, the services used to demonstrate tear gas near the store where ICE agents were to run an “raid” on immigrants, “Fox News said.
Tom Homan, “Car Border”, which supervises the matter of immigrants in the administration of Donald Trump, said on Fox News that the federal authorities “mobilize” to respond to “violence and destruction” around ICE operations, where the demonstrators gather.
This will be the reaction of the US administration
The spokeswoman wrote on the website X that “In recent days, aggressive crowds attack the officers of the Office for Immigration and Conditions (ICE) and federal agents of law enforcement agencies conducting deportation operations in Los Angeles, California“.
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She accused the representatives of Democrats in the California authorities that “they gave up responsibility for protecting their citizens.” In connection with President Donald Trump signed a Memorandum with a referral of 2,000 Soldiers of the National Guard to Los Angeles, to “deal with lawlessness, which was allowed to develop” – wrote Leavitt.
The National Guard will be directed to Los Angeles at night from Saturday to Sunday at night.
In the pictures and recordings from Paramount you can see a burned car in the middle of the intersection. The services confronted with a group of about a hundred protesters. Some of them had their faces covered with masks, the protesters kept the flags of Mexico, “Reuters said. It is not known what the balance of potential victims and detainees is.
Democrats criticize the movement of Donald Trump
The Democratic Governor of the California Gavin Newsom estimated that the federal authorities' movement is escalating and this is intentional. He assured that the authorities of California did not need help.
Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass said that many members of the LA community “feel fear in connection with recent federal immigration services in Los Angeles“She pointed out that reports about riots in the vicinity of Los Angeles, including in Paramount, are very disturbing.” Everyone has the right to peaceful protest, but I want to say it clearly: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and the responsible persons will be responsible for it ” – she wrote on website X.
Reasons for the explosion of the riots in Los Angeles
Protests in Los Angeles broke out on Friday After the “raid” of ICE federal agents for a clothing warehouse, during which at least 44 immigrants were arrested.
The Ministry of National Security announced that the night from Friday to Saturday “over a thousand protesters surrounded the building of law enforcement agencies and attacked ICE officers, crossed the tires, swore the walls of buildings and real estate purchased from taxpayers' funds.”
Todd Lyons, after the director of ICE, reported that the riots led to an attack on the federal building in the center of Los Angeles, and the police La waited for over two hours on Friday to react to these incidents. ICE announces continuing detention and enforcement of immigration regulations.
A high -ranking White House advisor known for his anti -immigration views, Stephen Miller, assessed protests in La as a “creation” against the US law and sovereignty.
