National Guard, Los Angeles and immigration
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In a statement responding to Saturday protests, Mayor Keith Wilson pledged that Portland police will uphold the law in the city, but will “not be used as agents of ICE.”
Several people were detained in an immigration operation at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet this weekend, according to swap meet officials. Video from the scene at 13963 Alondra Blvd. showed masked federal agents apprehending several people on Saturday, accompanied by armed U.S. Marines. It was unclear what further actions were taken.
The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.
Trump mobilized the California National Guard against the ... that the administration was planning to use the guard to help with immigration enforcement came last month, when DHS requested 20,000 ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday that he’ll soon file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for federalizing National Guard troops this weekend.
Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles.
The legal battle between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues over National Guard troops in Los Angeles after an appeals court temporarily overturns a ruling against the president's deployment.
Protests against immigration raids entered the seventh day in Los Angeles after another night of curfew enforcement in the downtown neighborhood. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard to San Antonio "to ensure peace and order" after anti-ICE protests broke out.