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“If Governor Gavin Newscum (nickname used by the president to refer to Newsom), of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, cannot do their job, which everyone knows they cannot, then the federal government will intervene and solve the problem,” said the president in a Truth Social message.
The warning came shortly after Tom Homan, appointed by Trump as border czar, said in an interview with Fox News that the White House will deploy the U.S. National Guard on the streets of Los Angeles, following two days of protests generated by multiple raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at workplaces.
For his part, Newsom said this Saturday in a statement that "the federal government is taking control of the California National Guard and will deploy 2,000 soldiers".
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"This measure is deliberately provocative and will only intensify tensions," the Democrat added, after criticizing the raids that began on Friday.
This Saturday, the demonstrations concentrated in the city of Paramount, where more than 50 federal vehicles carried out an immigration operation in a company.
Activists and community members protested trying to prevent the arrests, but for more than two hours federal agents repelled the protesters with tear gas and stun grenades. Multiple injuries were reported among protesters hit by rubber bullets and grenades. The authorities used military tactics to disperse the protesters in order to remove the detainees.The Department of Homeland Security has complained about the response, which generated some vandalism and graffiti against the federal building and the vehicles of immigration agencies on Friday night, after the first day of immigration operations in at least seven locations in the city of Los Angeles.
