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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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