(Los Angeles) Hundreds of additional soldiers, of the Marine Corps this time, are expected to be reinforced on Tuesday in Los Angeles in the face of demonstrations against the expulsions of migrants, Donald Trump causing the threat of resorting to the state of emergency.
“If there is an insurrection, I will certainly invoke it,” replied Donald Trump about a possible recourse to the ACT insurrection, a state of emergency which gives the president the power to use the armed forces in order to maintain order on American territory.
Since Friday, the second largest American city, with a large population of Hispanic origin, has been the scene of clashes between protesters denouncing raids of the Federal Immigration Police (ICE) against undocumented and police in anti-riot clothes. These clashes have nevertheless remained sporadic and localized.
The streets were calm on Tuesday morning in the center of the megapol, including in the district of Little Tokyo, after a night face-to-face between demonstrators pulling fireworks towards police officers and the latter retaliated with tear gas. Several stores have been the target of looting.
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Members of the security services stand next to demonstrators in front of the federal building Edward R. Roybal during a demonstration against federal immigration controls in the center of Los Angeles, California, United States, on June 10, 2025.
Some 700 navies, an elite body normally used as an external projection force, must join 4,000 soldiers of the National Guard already mobilized by Donald Trump, which he is accused of having taken disproportionate measures.
“Like a tyrant”
“They are supposed to protect us but, instead, they are sent to attack us,” deplores Kelly Diemer, a 47 -year -old demonstrator. The United States “is no longer a democracy,” she judges.
Until when is this deployment of soldiers, the cost is estimated at $ 134 million by the Pentagon-Durera? “Until there is no more danger,” Donald Trump replied on Tuesday.
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Protesters face police officers in an anti -assembly attire during a demonstration following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.
Before warning the “rest of the country” that “if they manifest, they will find in front of them the same force or a superior force” to that deployed in Los Angeles.
The confrontation is twofold there: that, on the ground, opposing protests protesting against the government’s repressive migration policy and the police; And that, very political, between the republican administration and California, at the forefront of progressive states.
Its Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom turned to justice on Tuesday to prevent the deployment of the mobilized soldiers.
“Deploying in the street of combatants trained for war is unprecedented and threatens the very foundation of our democracy,” denounced the one who is considered a potential candidate for the White House for 2028. “Donald Trump behaves like a tyrant, not as a president. »»
“Tar and feathers”
The president’s close guard was brought up in distrust of the California authorities.
Gavin Newsom “deserves tar and feathers,” said the republican boss of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson.
“The troubles relate to a few house pâtés. Not the whole center, and not the whole city, ”repeated the mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass. “The images give the impression that the whole city is in flames and this is not the case. »»
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Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
The protests have won some other American metropolises, sometimes with clashes. In New York, police arrested during a demonstration, according to an AFP journalist. And in Austin (Texas), tear gas was used, according to the local subsidiary of the NBC chain.
“This kind of spectacle fuels the idea that there is a real uprising against the authorities and a real emergency. We can at least assume that this is exactly what is looking for (Trump): militarize this type of conflict, in particular on immigration, because it allows him to move more and more towards dictatorial, authoritarian power, “Frank Bowman, professor of law at the University of Missouri, told AFP.
The muscular repression defended by Donald Trump, in difficulty on his budgetary law and weakened by his recent argument with Elon Musk, however hit the bull’s eye to certain worried Californians.
An owner of a small business with the tagged front of graffiti, who prefers to keep anonymity, considers that “it is necessary to stop vandalism”.
