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Washington.- Protests against immigration raids initiated in Los Angeles (California) have spread to other major cities in the United States, prompting Republican authorities in Texas, allies of the Donald Trump administration, to deploy the National Guard to contain them.
Los Ángeles lived last night its first curfew since the beginning of the demonstrations, in an attempt by local authorities to stop the riots.Meanwhile, the protests moved to New York, where clashes with the police were recorded near the headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency in charge of the raids.
Incidents were also reported in Chicago and minor protests in other cities such as Denver, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington.The White House says protests will not succeed
For its part, the White House warned that protests against immigration raids "will not succeed" and order will prevail instead. "Let this be an unequivocal message to left-wing radicals in other parts of the country who are thinking of imitating the violence to stop this Administration's mass deportation efforts: they will not succeed," said presidential spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt at a press conference. Trump, according to Leavitt, "received a clear mandate from voters to reverse the illegal invasion initiated by the open border of (former President) Joe Biden and put an end to the anarchy" embodied by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom.You may be interested in: Protests in Seattle end with burning of flags in front of federal building
«He vowed to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in the history of the United States and the riots from the left will not stop him in that effort. Sanctuary cities and states will no longer be able to protect illegal criminals from deportation», he added.
