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American soldiers of the National Guard began to deploy in the streets of Los Angeles after US President Donald Trump sent 2,000 soldiers to the purpose of delete demonstrations Against a wave of federal immigration raids in the region, causing a strong reprimand from the Democratic Directorate of California.
Troops were seen early Sunday in the Federal Complex in downtown Los Angeles, including around the metropolitan detention center, which has been a flash point in the last two days.
Deployment follows intense confrontations Between demonstrators and federal agents near a department of internal security facilities in Paramount, a city south of Los Angeles with a large Latin American population.
The clashes broke out after the federal authorities made mass arrests in several places, including the city’s fashion district and a Home Depot store.
More than 100 people were detained during last week, according to immigration officials.
Trump accused of having ignited tensions
During the confrontation on Saturday, the agents pulled tear gas, dizzy grenades and pepper balls, while the demonstrators responded with rocks and debris. The fires burned in the streets while the spiral tensions.
“This deployment of the national guard troops was carried out in a very unusual manner,” said Rob Reynolds, principal correspondent of Al Jazeera in Los Angeles.
“Usually, the presence of the National Guard is requested by the governor of a state. In this case, Trump went around (the governor of California Gavin) Newsom using a different provision of the law which enabled him to nationalize the national guard of the State and to call him in the event of an insurrection against the American government,” said Reynolds.
Newsom, who has long disagreed with Trump, condemned move as “inflammatory” and warned that it would only make the situation more fuel.
“They want a show. Don’t give them one,” said Newsom on X.
He accused the administration of using heavy tactics to cause disorders and distract from his controversial immigration program.
Trump denounced manifestations as “a form of rebellion”.
“For a long time ago a feeling of antagonism between Trump and the state of California in general and also in particular against Newsom, which Trump refers on social networks by the somewhat juvenile nickname of Gavin New Scum. He brandished this nickname on social networks earlier today,” noted Reynolds.
The White House defended the decision, saying that the goalkeeper was sent to “address the anarchy which was authorized to have adopted”.
The last deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles took place in 1992, during the riots launched by the brutal police beaten by white officers of black motorist Rodney King, who was filmed.
Robert Patillo, a lawyer for civil and human rights, described the president’s decision to circumvent the governor and call troops as “unprecedented” in recent history.
“Normally, if the federal troops will be used within States, it will be at the invitation of the governor of this state. For example, in 1992, the Governor of California invited federal troops to hand over the federal troops.
In Compton, another protest site, a vehicle was on, while in Paramount, hundreds of demonstrators gathered near a donut store while the police have barbed wire barriers. The demonstrations extended overnight, the crowds also returning to the federal buildings of the center of Los Angeles.
The police then declared an illegal assembly and began to arrest.
In a new escalation, the American defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, warned that the Marines in active service based at Camp Pendleton were on alert and could be mobilized if the troubles continue.
The progressive senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders, said that the Trump order had captured “a president quickly deploying this country in authoritarianism” and “usurping the powers of the American Congress”.
Several Republican leaders have expressed their support for the involvement of the National Guard.
