In Los Angeles, protests last after the services arrested by the services of several dozen immigrants. On Saturday there were clashes between federal agents and participants of the demonstration. Los Angeles soldiers of the National Guard reached the unit.
On Saturday in the city of Paramount, belonging to the Los Angeles agglomeration and inhabited largely by Latinos, there was a long confrontation between protesters and federal agents – wrote the newspaper “Los Angeles Times”. According to her, at least one person was injured. The CNN service wrote about four arrested.
There were shouts on the spot: “Fuera Ice”, or “Ice, get out” and the sounds of bang grenades used by federal agents. ICE is an office for immigration and enforcement of customs (ICE).
“Federal law enforcement agencies take place according to plan this weekend in Los Angeles,” said Federal Prosecutor Bill Essayli. He called public opinion to “refrain from interfering in those lawful action.” – Everyone who hinders the work of federal agents will be arrested and accused – he added.
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Protests in Los Angeles
Protests in Los Angeles broke out on Friday after the “raid” of ICE federal agents on a clothing warehouse, during which at least 44 immigrants were arrested.
The Ministry of National Security announced that “last night over a thousand protesters surrounded the law enforcement building and attacked ICE officers, crossed the tires, splashed on the walls of buildings and real estate purchased from taxpayers.”
A high -ranking White House advisor, known for his anti -immigration views, Stephen Miller assessed protests in LA as “Uprising” against law and sovereignty USA.
The National Guard was directed to Los Angeles
The spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt said that in connection with the situation to Los Angeles, two thousand national soldiers will be directed.
On the website X wrote that “in recent days, aggressive crowds have been attacking officers of the Office for immigration and enforcement of customs (ICE) and federal agents of law enforcement agencies conducting deportation operations in Los Angeles, California.” She accused the representatives of Democrats in the California authorities that “they gave up responsibility for protecting their citizens.” Therefore, the president Donald Trump He signed the Memorandum about the referral of 2,000 National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles to “deal with lawlessness that was allowed to develop,” Leavitt wrote.
The BBC announced that the branches of the California National Guard came to Los Angeles. The first group arrived there from San Bernardino.
Source: Reuters
According to CNN, the last time the president covered the National Guard with federal control during riots in Los Angeles in 1992, after four white policemen were acquitted in connection with the black driver recorded on the video.
Source: Reuters
President Trump referred to the situation in Los Angeles on the Truth Social social network. He wrote that if the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles “cannot do their work, and everyone knows that they can't, the federal government will enter the matter and solve the problem of riots and looters as it should be solved !!!”.
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Source: PAP, BBC
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