President Donald Trump made the decision to mention about 2,000 National defender soldiers to Los Angeles. On Monday, U.S. North Command reported that nearly 700 Marines would be deployed in the city to defend national buildings and personnel.
Additionally, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell reported on X that at the president's orders the Ministry of Defence mobilizes another 2,000 guards from California who have support the ICE and enable national law enforcement officers to execute their duties safely.
Immigrant protest
The decision to deploy national forces is simply a reaction to ongoing protests that broke out after 44 immigrants were detained by ICE agents. These actions were severely criticized by the Los Angeles and California authorities. Representatives of local and state authorities stress that the presence of the military only exacerbates tensions. Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said her town was used as an experimentation by the national government.
The protests in Los Angeles have been taking place for the 4th day, attracting hundreds of people opposing the activities of the ICE Immigration Agency. The demonstrations turned into clashes with law enforcement officers. Police utilized means of direct coercion, including non-lethal weapons, teardrop gas and flash grenades to disperse the assembled crowd.
California sues Trump administration
According to reports from The fresh York Times, about 150 people have been detained since Friday. Meanwhile, national safety minister Kristi Noem suggested that protests were of a nature professionally organisedAlthough she did not supply any evidence.
California authorities say sending the National defender to Los Angeles was illegal, violating national law and undermining state sovereignty. lawyer General Rob Bonta assessed in an interview with CBS News that a national government decision deprives the state of resources needed to defend residents, especially in crisis situations. In his opinion, president Trump had no legal basis to send the defender to LA, as this is constitutionally permissible only in the event of invasions, rebellions or inability to enforce the law by national forces – and no of these conditions were met.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a suit against the Trump administration and called for a withdrawal of the defender from Los Angeles County. He stressed that this action only exacerbated the situation and took place without his consent.
