In LA, protests against ICE continued into the week
Analyses of Los Angeles Protests against Immigration Raiders During the weekend of January 22 – November 12: The Trump Administration and the First Amendment
As a weekend of protests against immigration raids in California have continued into this week, the Trump administration has responded by deploying more Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles, sparking heated exchanges with politicians in the state.
Los Angeles police said that there have been some incidents of violence during the protests. Several officials have said that they have handled the president’s intervention.
Los Angeles is being used as a test case in regards to what happens when the federal government takes control from the state or local government.
The police said 50 people were arrested in Los Angeles over the weekend. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell supports the First Amendment right to assemble.
“Those who choose to incite violence, engage in vandalism or graffiti, and/or attack officers will be arrested,” he said Monday. “There’s no tolerance for criminal activity under the guise of protest.”
The department said some people were building barricades and throwing objects at officers. Police used tear gas canisters and more than 600 rounds of “less lethal munitions” to disperse the crowds. Five officers had minor injuries. The department is being investigated for using excessive force.
Some of the charges those arrested are facing include attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail, assault on a police officer, looting and failure to disperse, LAPD said. One of those arrested was David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, who was released Monday afternoon.
Source: Protests against ICE have continued in LA into the week. Here’s what to know
“Protests against ICE have continued in LA into the week, here’s what to know,” Los Angeles Police Chief Tom McDonnell said
700 Marines have been deployed to the state, according to two government officials. Police Chief McDonnell said Monday he had not been briefed about the Marines showing up.
“The Los Angeles Police Department, alongside our mutual aid partners, have decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstrations, and we remain confident in our ability to do so professionally and effectively,” he said.
President Trump federalized 2,000 National Guard troops for 60 days or something similar on Saturday. Trump additionally said other branches of the armed forces may be dispatched to support. He had an order for another 2,000 troops.
If protests or acts of violence directly impedes the execution of the laws, it’s a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.
It took the Los Angeles Police Department more than two hours to respond to a federal request. He said the LAPD did not know federal forces were coming and thus took longer to respond to calls about the protest due to traffic conditions and hazardous conditions caused by tear gas used by federal troops. The department was on the scene in 38 minutes, McDonnell said.
Source: Protests against ICE have continued in LA into the week. Here’s what to know
California’s National Guard is Taking the Responsibility of the State’s Attorney General, Repulsive Attorney General David A. Newsom
California is taking the Trump administration to court for sending National Guard troops into the state. Newsom says the Trump administration’s actions violate the California Constitution, which gives the governor control over the state’s National Guard.
The White House said in a statement that Democrats like Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should be thankful for President Trump’s actions in ridding the streets of criminal illegal immigrants.
“This isn’t about public safety,” he said. It’s about touching a dangerous President’s ego. It is repulsive. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops.
The governor responded to the vice president telling the person to do their job. We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. The order was taken away. Return control to California.”
The investigation of Mexican immigration protests in the U.S. Trump administration rejects military use of LA: a NPR’s Steve Inskeep interview
McLaughlin: I think there are a lot of questions about who is financing these protests. There is something happening on the ground that seems to be well-coordinated and there is a financial backer that could be a foreign adversary so the IRS and FBI are looking into who might be backing these protests.
She said there could be a financial backer that is a foreign adversary and that there is some activity on the ground.
“No, I don’t say the governor and the mayor — I said, somebody’s paying them — I think. And if they’re not, they’re just troublemakers. What can I tell you. But I believe somebody’s paying them,” Trump told reporters who had traveled with him to North Carolina.
In a conversation with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, McLaughlin also criticized California leaders for failing to restore order, spoke about deportation numbers and discussed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, who the Trump administration brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges in Tennessee.
Source: DHS spokesperson defends Trump administration’s use of military in LA
How do we get there? Tricia McLaughlin: Demonstrating Trump Administration’s use of Military in Los Angeles (Del-Antonio)
Tricia McLaughlin: A lot of different ways, Steve. Crowd control and defense of the federal buildings are done by crowd control. We’ve seen these federal buildings be defaced, threatening language on them: ‘Kill ICE. Kill America. death to the United States. So we just really need more resources on the ground. We saw on Friday about 1,000 protesters were surrounding ice enforcement in a federal building, far outnumbering them. About 6,000 people protested on Sunday, which was more than the number of ICE enforcement officers. This is larger resources, and mostly used for crowd control.
McLaughlin: I think at the end of the day, Steve, Americans want peace, and we want peace abroad, and we want peace on our own home soil. If we don’t have the military to help us on the ground, then we can’t restore law and order because the rioters are attacking our law enforcement.
Marines have been sent to Los Angeles. The national guard does not have the same skills that the Marines have, so what do they have that applies to this particular situation?
Inskeep: I’ve seen the video and the photos of the cars. I think about the role of the military, and what Hegyseth wants them to do. He emphasizes the focus on the mission, which is lethality and readiness, meaning readiness for combat. How does sending Marines to protect buildings and cars in Los Angeles match up with that mission, if at all?
Inskeep: The President’s memorandum in sending National Guard troops to California said that the protests can be construed as a kind of rebellion. That’s the word that’s used. I want to see how we can understand this as a rebellion. I would think of a rebellion as a group of people where they have a leader and an objective. Are you able to identify who’s in charge of this rebellion?
Source: DHS spokesperson defends Trump administration’s use of military in LA
The most injunctions in American history under a single president. I’m sorry about the Kilmar Abrego Beckham case
McLaughlin: Are you talking about last month? I don’t own a number on my hand. I’d have to get back to you on that. In the last 125 days there have been about 150,000 deportations.
McLaughlin: Roughly. I mean, I think we’ve definitely been able to ramp up efforts. Some people have not been able to do their jobs for the last four years as a result of the broken ICE and the broken CBP.
Inskeep: We’re ballparking on the numbers here, because we don’t know the exact number for this year, but it seems that the rate of deportations is higher than the average under President Biden, but still considerably lower than the average under President Trump or President Obama. Why do you think it is difficult to get the numbers up?
McLaughlin is a man We have been facing a historic number of injunctions, Steve, as you know, at the hands of a lot of these judges. We were aware of it coming in. I think it’s a matter of, partially, of resources. We do need to pass this bill by Congress to make sure we give our ICE enforcement officers more resources, especially in the face of these kinds of protests. If you add in the fact that these officers have not been allowed to do their jobs in the last four years then you are going from zero to 100 very quickly.
McLaughlin: I would definitely counter that. This is the most injunctions in American history under a single president. Absolutely, Steve. Look at the numbers.
McLaughlin: No. I think. Take the case of Kilmar Abrego Beckham. There are eight heinous convicted individuals who had final deportation orders out of South Sudan. Those eight individuals and the Massachusetts judge ordering that they come back. This is not normal. The district judges who want to bring child rapists and killers to the US, even though they have been convicted and ordered to be deported, are insane. Steve, it’s disturbing really, and it’s pure activism.
I guess we should note that the Supreme Court, like all the courts, believes that people should have their cases heard in court. That leads to one more question. Since you brought up Kilmar Abrego Garcia – you brought him back to the United States to face criminal charges. He’s going to get his day in court, as he’s facing an indictment. But the administration said for months that he could not be brought back. Now that the United States has brought him back, would you agree that it was always possible to bring him back?
McLaughlin: I would leave that to the Department of Justice, but I think that what really matters here, Steve, is the egg on the face of a lot of Democrats and the media who have been hell bent on saying that this is an innocent Maryland man. They have been saying that for a while. He worked as a full time human trafficker. It is said that allegedly. I have to counter what you said, Steve, because I completely disagree. I think the environment that we’re in, from a judicial perspective, is vastly different from what we’ve seen under either Obama or Trump.
“Just to clarify, you said that you would leave it to the Department of Justice.” I understand what you’re saying. But given that it is now clear that it was possible to bring him back, why did the government not previously bring him back?
You’ve heard the facilitate versus effectuate argument many times. He is now – Kilmar Abrego Garcia before was not facing a grand jury in Tennessee and now he is. So the facts on the ground have changed.
The US President’s administration has said that the recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles are a “kind of rebellion”. US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles. The protesters have been protesting against the Trump administration’s raids on undocumented immigrants, claiming they’re a violation of their constitutional rights.