Trump Warns of Federal Action as LA Erupts Over Immigration Raids

Trump Warns of Federal Action: The Trump administration is deploying the California National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement operations that have resulted in some clashes between demonstrators and authorities, the White House said in a statement.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum "deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness" in California as demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations continue in the state, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Saturday evening.

"In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens," Leavitt said. "That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester," Leavitt said.

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"If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved," he wrote on Truth Social.

As protests continued in Los Angeles for the second consecutive day against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Trump administration on Saturday announced that it would deploy the National Guard in the city.

ICE has arrested 2,000 undocumented people a day this week nationwide, including 118 in LA. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday detained more than 1,000 protesters who had surrounded a federal detention centre.

"The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs."

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About an hour before the White House confirmed the deployment, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said he opposed the move.

"That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions," he said on social media platform X. "We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need."

LA Mayor Karen Bass acknowledged that some city residents were "feeling fear" following the federal immigration enforcement actions.

"Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable," she said on X.

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