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Status: 08.06.2025 05:16 a.m.

US President Trump appoints 2,000 troopers from the National Guard in California – in opposition to the need of the governor. The triggers are protests in opposition to deportations and raids from the federal authorities.

After renewed protests in Los Angeles in opposition to the actions of the federal authorities in opposition to migrants, US President Donald Trump ordered the sending of two,000 nationwide guards. The authorities in Washington “encountered lawlessness, the spread of which has been admitted,” stated Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. For the present scenario, she blamed the “incompetent” democratic management in Los Angeles and within the state of California.

In his on-line community, Trump additionally turned in opposition to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, and the democratic governor of California, Gavin Newsom. He used the smelled “Newscum”, which accommodates the English phrase “scum”, which suggests “scum”.

“If Governor Gavin ‘Newscum’ from California and Mayor Karen Bass from Los Angeles cannot do their job, whereby everyone knows that they cannot do this, the federal government will intervene and solve the problem,” stated Trump. She would then act in opposition to “riots and looters” as it’s obligatory.

President solely takes command in an emergency

Newsom, protested in opposition to the process of the Republican Trump. The measure will solely enhance the tensions. Trump intentionally poured oil into the hearth, wrote newsoma on the X platform. In the United States, states usually have management over the nationwide guard. A use of the Guard on the command of the President marks a large escalation.

The National Guard is a navy reserve unit and a part of the US armed forces. Each state has its personal nationwide guard, which can be utilized in forest fires, hurricanes, floods or unrest inside. It is then beneath the command of the respective governor. If there’s a battle or nationwide emergencies, the US President can take command.

Hegseth threatens to make use of the marines

If the scenario in Los Angeles doesn’t change, US protection minister Pete Hegseth additionally think about the usage of the US Marines to help the police in opposition to the demonstrators. “If violence stops, active marines are also mobilized in Camp Pendleton – they are on the greatest alert,” he wrote on X.

Clashes With the police

Hundreds of individuals had protested in opposition to immigrants in Los Angeles in opposition to raids from the US authorities. The police had arisen. As acknowledged from native media studies and publications in on-line networks, the officers with glare grenades and tear fuel in opposition to the demonstrators, which the officers utilized with objects, had occurred within the suburb of Paramount. Part of a important street was additionally closed.

The Los Angeles Sherrif Department has arrived to help the safety forces on website in opposition to the demonstrators.

According to media studies, typically masked and armed US officers in numerous components of town pressured migrants with handcuffs in non-marked automobiles. 44 individuals had been arrested resulting from alleged violations of the Immigration Act.

Protests since Friday

Already on Friday, demonstrators utilized within the California metropolis had adopted a automobile convoy of the immigration authority (ICE) and thrown the officers with eggs. The police drove the gang aside with glare grenades.

After that, a whole bunch of demonstrators gathered within the metropolis heart and demanded the quick launch of the arrested. The largely peaceable rally was dissolved by the police, though there have been additionally violent clashes.

The nationwide raids are the consequence of the migration coverage ordered by Trump together with his workplace in January, which goals at a mass deportation of immigrants.

Andreas Hain, Ard Los Angeles, Tagesschau, June 8, 2025 05:49 a.m.

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