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Investing.com-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday evening called for military intervention in Los Angeles as unrest in the city, sparked by protests against immigration raids, stretched on for over two days.
Trump had over the weekend deployed the National Guard, although they were limited to defending federal buildings in the city. This came as protestors faced off against federal and state authorities, allegedly over a spate of recent arrests and deportations made by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!,” Trump said in a post on Truth.Social.
His comment came hours after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Sunday that active-duty Marines were on “high alert” and could be deployed to LA if the situation worsened.
Trump’s rhetoric was condemned by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who decried the decision to deploy the National Guard in the city.
Protests and demonstrations against ICE were seen rapidly escalating over the weekend, as demonstrators clashed with federal agents and local law enforcement. The protests were seen turning violent across several areas in the city, with public infrastructure being damaged, vehicles being upturned and set ablaze, while reports also showed tear gas and rubber bullets being deployed by law enforcement against the demonstrators.
Vice President J.D. Vance referred to the protests as “insurrectionists,” while Senior White House aide Stephen Miller called the protests a “violent insurrection.”
Reuters reported that the Trump administration had not invoked the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that allows the president to deploy the military domestically and suppress events like civil disorder.
The last time the act was invoked was under President George H.W. Bush, during the 1992 LA riots.