California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the federal government is moving to deploy the California National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles over immigration operations that have resulted in some clashes between demonstrators and authorities. "The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers," Newsom posted on social media. "That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions." Newsom said local California authorities don't need the help. "LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment's notice," Newsom said. "We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need." Protests occurred Saturday in the city of Paramount, following reports of an immigration raid occurring at that location. However, Paramount Mayor Peggy Lemons later said during a news conference that agents were staging, not conducting a raid.
Those protests followed demonstrations Friday that came in the wake of immigration enforcement operations across the city. Federal agents raided multiple workplaces in the fashion district and other local areas on Friday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, leading to hundreds of people, including children, being detained by ICE agents on Friday at the Edward Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, the ACLU said.
These immigrants show more True American spirit than you, or Trump, or ICE..
Nothing says American Spirit like burning a car, flipping off the police and riding around on a motorcycle waving the Mexican flag!
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Am I rite!
@#4 ... next up is his declaring Marital Law. ...
My guess would be the next step would be the invocation of the Insurrection Act.
The Insurrection Act Explained (2022)
www.brennancenter.org
... The Insurrection Act needs a major overhaul. Originally enacted in 1792, the law grants the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military domestically and use it against Americans under certain conditions.
While there are rare circumstances in which such authority might be necessary, the law, which has not been meaningfully updated in over 150 years, is dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.
What is the Insurrection Act? ...
China is closely following the events unfolding in Los Angeles, we urge the government of the United States to ensure the legitimate rights of Californians.
China reserves the right to intervene if situation on the ground does not improve.
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Finally some real respect for making California, Mexico!
@#31 ... Its as if all the "States rights" Republicans are faint memories now. ...
Yup.
Pres Trump has trod over States Rights in this issue.
Downtown LA declared 'unlawful assembly'; Newsom to sue over National Guard deployment
www.usatoday.com
... Tensions escalated in Los Angeles late Sunday between law enforcement and protesters as California National Guard troops arrived in Southern California to quell demonstrations against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, a move that the state's Democratic governor has called unlawful.
Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 Guard members over the objections of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said Trump wanted to create a "spectacle." U.S. Northern Command said about 300 soldiers were on the ground at three locations in the greater Los Angeles area to provide "safety and protection of federal property and personnel." ...
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