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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles as federal immigration raids erupted into chaos.
The move follows several days of tense confrontations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and protesters in an explosive showdown over immigration enforcement.
APLaw enforcement stand during a protest in Compton, California[/caption]
AFPA demonstrator waves a Mexican national flag next to a car on fire during a protest following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles[/caption]
AFPLaw enforcement clashes with demonstrators during a protest following federal immigration operations[/caption]
Shutterstock EditorialProtesters demonstrating against operations conducted by federal immigration authorities clash with law enforcement officials in Compton[/caption]
The President’s immigration chief, Tom Homan, confirmed the deployment Saturday evening on Fox News.
“We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight,” he said.
“We are making Los Angeles safer.
“Mayor (Karen) Bass should be thanking us.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that “active duty Marines” are also on “high alert”, ready to mobilize from Camp Pendleton if the violence continues.
The dramatic escalation came after demonstrators hurled flaming projectiles, set cars ablaze, and swarmed federal vehicles in response to ICE raids targeting undocumented migrants for two consecutive days.
Threatening to send in the Marines, Hegseth wrote on X: “The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil… and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.”
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