The American army plans to temporarily send around 700 maritime infantry soldiers To Los Angeles, while additional branches of the National Guard will come to the city, “Reuters said on Monday, citing a representative of the US authorities.
About 300 Soldiers of the National Guard stayed on Sunday sent to the streets of Los Angeles, to help suppress the ongoing third day of protests against the enforcement of immigration regulations by President Donald Trump.
An official who wanted to remain anonymous, said that A battalion will be sent, “But for now, one should not expect to refer to the Uprising Act.”
Act on the Uprising. Donald Trump: It depends
It is clear from the Sunday White House statement that the final decision has not yet been made, whether ongoing riots should be considered a violation of the act on the uprising.
On Sunday, journalists asked Donald Trump if he would implement this law, “to restore order and enforce the deportations carried out by ICE in the city.”
– it depends on that whether the uprising will happen Trump said at the time.
The number of national guard soldiers is expected will increase to 2000 until Wednesday“and until then it is expected that Sea infantry soldiers will provide support” – It is not clear what exactly they will do, the situation is dynamic and may change – explained the official from the White House.
Riots in Los Angeles. Trump wants a custody for the governor of California
In turn, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that on the spot of “Tsar from the border” by Tom Homan He would arrest the governor of California Gavina Newsoma for hindering immigrant stopping operations.
– I would do it in Tom. That would be great. Gavin likes publicity Trump said. He said that the head of the California authorities performs a “terrible job”, although he personally likes him and considers him a “nice guy”.
“But he is terribly incompetent, everyone knows it,” he added.
It is a reaction to Homan's statement, who was still threatened on Saturday that everyone who interferes with actions stopping illegal immigrants – including Newsom and Mayor Los Angeles Karen Bass – will be arrested.
The White House official, however, stated, however, that these politicians did not “cross this border”. Responding to these words on Monday, the news – who accused Trump of deliberate fuel fuel through unnecessary sending in his opinion Soldiers of the National Guard to Los Angeles Homan encouraged him to realize his threat.
Great protests in Los Angeles. Donald Trump sent a national guard
A spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt on Monday accused the governor of California that “he did nothing” when violent riots broke out in Los Angeles. “Federal law enforcement officers were attacked by aggressive extremists and criminals waving foreign flags, because the news governor was too weak to protect the city,” she added.
The White House stated that it celebrates the law, which usually requires the governor to apply for distribution of the guardbecause “violent protests threaten safety and cause significant damage to the federal immigrant detention centers and for other federal property.”
Protests broke out on Friday after a roundup carried out by federal agents in the clothing warehouse, where at least arrested 44 immigrants.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, Pap