Trump to deploy National Guard in response to Los Angeles immigration protests

President Donald Trump connected Saturday nighttime signed an order to deploy 2,000 members of the National Guard successful effect to migration protests successful Los Angeles, the White House said.

"In caller days, convulsive mobs person attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying retired basal deportation operations successful Los Angeles, California," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.

Trump's bid comes amid continued clashes betwixt national migration agents and protesters.

The protests person been successful effect to national migration enforcement actions successful L.A., which person led to much than 100 arrests. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents person been met with unit and harassment from protesters, national officials said, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Leavitt told NBC News that Trump is federalizing portion of California's National Guard that would different study to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Presidents person authorization to bash truthful nether constricted circumstances.

Newsom slammed Trump's move, calling it "purposefully inflammatory" and said it "will lone escalate tensions."

"LA authorities are capable to entree instrumentality enforcement assistance astatine a moment's notice. We are successful adjacent coordination with the metropolis and county, and determination is presently nary unmet need," helium wrote connected X.

"This is the incorrect ngo and volition erode nationalist trust," helium said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that "if unit continues, progressive work Marines astatine Camp Pendleton volition besides beryllium mobilized — they are connected precocious alert."

Meanwhile, Trump spent his Saturday nighttime attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship lucifer astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J.

Vice President JD Vance called the protestors "insurrectionists" successful a post connected X.

"Insurrectionists carrying overseas flags are attacking migration enforcement officers, portion 1 fractional of America's governmental enactment has decided that borderline enforcement is evil," Vance wrote.

Trump successful a societal media station wrote, "If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can't bash their jobs, which everyone knows they can't, past the Federal Government volition measurement successful and lick the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the mode it should beryllium solved!!!"

The White House besides released a ceremonial memo from the president to the caput of defense, lawyer wide and caput of homeland security.

"To the grade that protests oregon acts of unit straight inhibit the execution of the laws, they represent a signifier of rebellion against the authorization of the Government of the United States," the memo stated.

"In airy of these incidents and credible threats of continued violence, by the authorization vested successful maine arsenic President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby telephone into Federal work members and units of the National Guard."

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