Trump deploys National Guard to quell protests against ICE in Los Angeles
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White House says the US president is deploying 2,000 guardsmen as protests against immigration raids continue.
United States President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to the city of Los Angeles in California, where an immigration crackdown has triggered protests and clashes for a second day.
The White House said in a statement on Saturday that Trump was deploying the guardsmen to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in the US’s second most populous city.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilise active-duty troops “if violence continues” in Los Angeles, saying the Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were “on high alert”.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, called the Republican president’s decision “purposefully inflammatory”.
He said on X that Trump was deploying the National Guard “not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle”.
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