A wave of racing and customs and customs enforcement organs (ICE) caused a tight, scorching weekend for the city of Los Angeles. As scenes from raids in the workplace, street marches, cars on fireAnd the presence of the National Guard flashed in social media and information stations throughout the country, other cities with gigantic immigrants wonder: who is next?
The clashes began on Friday, when federal ice agents arrested immigrants in the La’s Fashion District, Home Depot car park and other locations throughout the city. Raids immediately met with loose. The protests began the same day before they spread to Paramount on Saturday, a very Latin city in the neighboring Los Angeles.
Until Sunday, attempts to block border patrol agents, casting rocks in them in some cases, met with a wave of national guard soldiers – who was called by President Donald Trump -unrefiring riot equipment, releasing tear gas, explosives and pepper ball. The police patrolled the streets on a horse, while others with the equipment of the riots in the queue behind the guard soldiers were distributed to protect federal objects, including a custody, in which some immigrants have been taken in recent days
Scenes from a distance have removed throughout the country, including a viral case in which Reporter News has been shot at close range From behind with a rubber ball of a policeman wearing riot equipment.
The mayor of La Karen Bass claims that the actions have been isolated in a tiny area and that those who committed crimes will be prosecuted but does not reflect the status of the entire city, calling Trump’s actions “inflammatory”.
“What we see in Los Angeles is the chaos caused by the administration,” said Bass at the afternoon press conference. “It’s about another program, it’s not about public security.”
From Monday, the city is calmer, officials say, but civilians process the consequences with a growing number of arrests, stopping immigrants and Hundreds of members of the National Guard are still on the spot, and Marines is supposedly ready. Here’s what we know.
Where does LA protests happen?
Most of the protests concentrated near the arrest in which Ice held the immigrants he arrested, as well as near the federal building in Los Angeles. As the weekend progressed, the conflicts spread to neighboring areas, including Paramount and Compton.
Why was the National Guard in LA?
The members of the guard came especially to protect federal buildings, including in the detention center in the city center, where the protesters concentrated.
They stood side by side, carrying long weapons and blades of riots, when the protesters shouted “shame” and “return home”. After some of them approached the members of the Guard, another set of uniformed officers was promoted to a group of protesters, shooting at the street filled with smoke.
A few minutes later, the Police Department in Los Angeles fired a round of crowd control ammunition to disperse the protesters, which, they claimed, were gathered unlawfully. A significant part of the group then moved to block traffic on the highway 101 until the officers of the state patrol cleaned them from the road in the overdue afternoon.
Trump said on Saturday in the directive that he referred to a legal provision, which allowed him to bring the national guard to La. He said that he allowed the distribution of 2,000 members of the National Guard. During the publication, three hundred were arranged.
Trump told journalists who prepared to get in Air Force One in Morristown, NJ on Sunday, that in Los Angeles there were “brutal people”, “and they don’t run away.”
What is the Uprising Act? Has Trump recalled it?
Basically, federal military forces cannot perform civil law duties of law enforcement agencies against US citizens, except for emergency accidents.
18th-century war law called Act on the Uprising It is the main legal mechanism that the president can employ to activate the army or the National Guard in times of rebellion or unrest.
But Trump did not refer to the act on the creation on Saturday.
What is the National Guard in a federal service conversation?
Instead, Trump relied on similar federal law that allows the president Federalized National Guard Soldiers in some circumstances.
The National Guard is a hybrid subject that serves both state and federal interests. It often works under command and status control, using state financing. Sometimes the branches of the National Guard will be assigned by their state for service in federal missions, remaining under state command, but using federal funds.
. The law cited by Trump’s proclamation He places soldiers of the National Guard under the federal command. The law says that this can be done in three circumstances: when the US is invaded or threatened with invasion; When there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against US government authorities or when the president is unable to “exercise the laws of the United States” with regular forces.
In the Memorandum published on Saturday, Trump said that protests in LA “directly inhibit the enforcement of rights” and “are a form of rebellion against the US government authorities.”
Trump federalizes part of the National Guard of California under the so -called Title 10 Officewhich puts him, not the governor, at the top of the command chain, according to the Gavin Newsoma’s office.
Does Gavin Gavin news agreed with Trump?
Not at all. From the very beginning, the Democratic Governor opposed the distribution of the National Guard.
On Sunday, news, Democrat, asked Trump to remove the members of the Guard in lettercalling their distribution “a serious violation of the sovereignty of the state.”
News said that Trump’s actions were “intentionally inflammatory and would only escalate tension.”
When was the last time the National Guard was activated without the Governor’s consent?
The last time the National Guard was activated without the consent of the governor in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent soldiers to protect the march of civil rights in Alabama, in accordance with the Brennan Center for Justice.
How many detention and arrests of immigrants were in LA?
Federal authorities reported that a weekly number of immigrants arrests in the LA region increased above 100. Many others were arrested during protests, including an outstanding union leader – David Huerta – who was accused of hindering law enforcement agencies.
He said that about 40 people were arrested on the weekend according to the head of the police in Los Angeles, Jim McDonnell, mainly protesters who did not leave the area when directed by officers.
Who is David Huerta?
58 -year -old Huerta is the president of the Association of Conductors in the whole condition and Service employees International Association California. He was among arrested by federal agents on Friday before the warehouse of clothing, in which the protesters gathered to oppose the raid.
The video showed that Huerta is pushed by a federal agent and falling to the ground surrounded by several agents. IN Press message published on Friday In the evening, Seiu California said that Huerta was treated in a local hospital for injuries he suffered during his arrest. He was released from $ 50,000 bonds on Monday.
“David Huerta is a respected leader, patriot and lawyer of working people,” news he said in a statement. “Nobody should ever be hurt for a witness to the government.”
What happens next?
He asked if he planned to send US soldiers to Los AngelesTrump replied: “We will have soldiers everywhere. We will not let it happen to our country. We will not let our country tear as if he were under Biden.” It did not develop.
On Monday, several hundred marines from Twentynine Palms were placed, announced the American North Command. Soldiers – 2. Battalion, 7. Marines, 1st Marine Division – were trained in de -escalation, crowd control and eternal rules for using force, and will be armed with a weapon, which they usually wear.
Meanwhile, California filed a lawsuit against Trump’s administration for its distribution. News said that he believed that Trump was acting out of order when he caused an emergency law, and that the president is obliged to coordinate with the governor of state before submitting such a distribution.
“Donald Trump puts fuel into this fire. Command of the national guard without consulting the governor of this state is illegal and immoral,” he wrote to the News on X. “California will take him to court.”
Associated Press contributed to this article.
