Anti-expressions demonstrations | The National Guard deployed in Los Angeles

(Los Angeles) of the military of the National Guard began to arrive on Sunday in Los Angeles on the orders of Donald Trump, after two days of sometimes violent demonstrations against his migration policy, a rare deployment against the advice of the Californian democratic authorities.

Denouncing “anarchy” underway in the megalopolis of the powerful democratic state, the Republican president ordered the deployment of 2,000 members of this reserve armed force on Saturday evening, mainly mobilized during natural disasters.

A decision qualified as “deliberately incendiary” by the governor of California Gavin Newsom, who warned that she would “only worsen tensions”.

Military armed with automatic rifles were seen early Sunday near the Town Hall, according to the ABC channel, while other rallies are scheduled from 2 p.m. local time (5 p.m.

This deployment comes after two days of demonstrations marked by clashes and violence in a city in the suburbs of Los Angeles to the mainly Hispanic population, the inhabitants opposing the arrests Manu militari of immigrants led by the Federal Immigration Police, Ice.

“We have to defend our people,” said a woman herself a daughter of immigrants to AFP, refusing to give her name.

“Injustice”

Donald Trump erected the fight against illegal immigration in absolute priority, evoking an “invasion” of the United States by “criminals from abroad” and communicating abundantly on the arrests and expulsions of immigrants.

Led in the streets, businesses or even in courts of the country, the latter have plunged into terror millions of immigrants without legal status.

In Los Angeles, major arrest operations were carried out on Friday by ICE agents, sometimes in civilians, leading to scenes of tension and first demonstrations, according to the local press.

The next day, members of the same police gathered near a DIY store, where undocumented workers traditionally come to offer their services for the day, giving rise to new demonstrations and violent clashes between the police and the population.

Protesters have thrown objects on police vehicles and attempted to prevent a coach from leaving the premises, agents making the use of tear gas and deafening grenades.

Police raids are “an injustice”, and those arrested “human beings like others,” said AFP Fernando Delgado, 24, a resident.

Stand -off

However, the situation was “controlled” in the evening, the elected Californian Democrat Nanette Barragan on CNN on Sunday, reporting remarks of the local sheriff.

While condemning violence, she insisted on the need to let the inhabitants demonstrate their anger at the migration policy of the Republican president and worried that the deployment of the National Guard aggravates the situation.

Unilaterally decided by the White House, which qualified the Californian Democrats leaders of “incapable”, this deployment strengthens the standoff between the federal government and the state of California.

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth even threatened to appeal to the regular army based nearby.

A symbolic declaration, according to law professor Jessica Levinson, noting that the commitment of American soldiers on the national territory is legally very limited in the absence of insurrection. “As for the National Guard, it can do nothing more than provide logistical and personnel support,” she said.

On Sunday, President Trump welcomed the “fantastic work” of the guard on his Truth social network, even though his members were not yet deployed in the Californian megalopolis, according to local authorities.