In California, Donald Trump deploys the National Guard against the backdrop of anti-expulsion riots-Liberation

The White House announced on Saturday, June 7, the deployment of 2,000 members of the National Guard in California, in a context of anti-expressions riots in Los Angeles. The demonstrations began during the day, while residents of the city of the American West Coast opposed mass arrests carried out by federal immigration officers.

Sunday morning (on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Los Angeles), the National Guard had not been deployed in any of the premises of the riots in the County of Los Angeles, said the Sheriff’s office of the Californian city. « We were told that the National Guard has been deployed, but this is not the case, they are not yet on the ground »said Deputy Sheriff Tracy Koerner. The representative of the federal government in Southern California, for his part, indicated that the national guard troops would be deployed in the coming 24 hours, to stop the riots now, according to him, « Uncontrollable ». On their side, local authorities did not ask for additional resources and said the situation was under control and that the state police continued to monitor the demonstrations in Los Angeles and Paramount, a city about 20 kilometers from Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police said they had arrested « Many » people accused of « Illegal gathering » on the outskirts of Los Angeles prison.

Since arriving at the White House in January, Donald Trump a promised to lead the most important expulsion of immigrants from the United States in history. This Sunday, June 8, clashes between opponents of massive evictions were still underway in Paramount, a Spanish -speaking suburb of Los Angeles.

Videos show demonstrators brandish South American flags and launch projectiles towards police cars on the beacons on, in a cloud of smoke. In this context, US President Donald Trump « Signed a presidential memorandum providing for the deployment of 2,000 national guards to remedy anarchy that we have left prospering »said the White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, rejecting the fault of Californian Democrats leaders « Incapable ».

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, regularly plagued by the American leader’s attacks, denounced a decision « Voluntarily incendiary ». The American president had little threatened before of such a measure, after a second day of incidents.

« If the governor of California, Gavin Newscum, and the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, cannot do their job, what everyone knows, then the federal government will intervene and solve the problem »he had said on his social social network, designating Newsom by a quolibet. The latter’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, replied on X, stressing that the waves of immigrant roundups establish fear in Californiawhile they are « Essential to life and the heart of our state ». « Using demonstrations to justify evictions represents a dangerous precedent »she wrote.

For the second consecutive day in Los Angeles, clashes opposed demonstrators, standing in the face of massive expulsions of illegal migrants as part of the policy launched by Mr. Trump, and federal immigration police officers (ICE). They pulled deafening grenades and several people were arrested in Paramount.

“We peel the videos to identify the authors. You bring the chaos, we bring the handcuffs ”wrote on X the deputy director of the Federal Police (FBI), Dan Bongino.

The troubles started on Saturday morning, when members of the ICE gathered near a department store Home Depot, where workers traditionally come to offer their services for the day. It is not clear if the agents of the ICE were preparing to stop undocumented people, or if they simply gathered there for this place for another operation.

But demonstrators began to regroup and the sheriff’s office said they had deployed agents on the spot at the end of the morning while tensions were riding. Protesters then threw objects on the police and attempted to prevent a coach from leaving the premises. The agents postponed them using tear gas and deafening grenades.

Protesters also attacked a bus from US Marshals Service which came out of a neighboring highway, leading the authorities to close the access straps. The streets were strewn with debris and overturned caddies, according to the images of the American media which also reported that demonstrators set fire to an American flag.

Incidents of the same type had already occurred on Friday in Los Angeles, where demonstrators had thrown eggs on ICE vehicles after agents arrested undocumented migrants.

Images shared on X Saturday by the chief of the border police Michael Banks, and relayed by Stephen Miller, one of the close advisers of Donald Trump, showed dozens of agents in khaki military unit, armed and equipped with gas masks, facing demonstrators.

« The Trump administration applies a zero tolerance policy with regard to criminal behavior and violence, especially when this violence aims at police officers who try to do their job »hammered Leavitt. Stephen Miller, after Friday’s incidents, had mentioned on X « An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States ».

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth also threatened to appeal to the regular army based nearby. If necessary, “Camp Marines Pendleton will also be mobilized. They are already on alert « he said about social media.

While he won his social social network of alarmist messages on the situation in Los Angeles, Donald Trump attended a fight of MMA (mixed martial arts) not far from Bedminster in New Jersey, where he has a residence and spends the weekend. He was seated in the front row, in particular, of his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the former boxing champion Mike Tyson, his son Eric Trump and his daughter and her husband, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Governor Gavin Newsom called for a return to calm and regretted the decision to deploy the National Guard which « Is deliberately incendiary and will only worsen tensions ». The federal government is involved « Not because there is a shortage of police forces, but because they want spectacle. Do not offer them. Never use violence. Express yourself peacefully « he launched to demonstrators.

« Everyone has the right to demonstrate peacefully, but let’s be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and officials will have to account »for his part warned the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass.

The latest deployment of the National Guard in California for civil disorders dates back to 2020, following violent riots caused by the death of George Floyd, An African-American killed by a police officer in Los Angeles.

Since his return to power in January, the American president and his government have multiplied the initiatives to expel as many undocumented migrants in the country, while seeking to extend their prerogatives in this area.

The Ministry of Internal Security said that the operations carried out by the ICE in Los Angeles this week had led to the arrest of « 118 foreigners, including five gang members ».

Updated on 08/06/2025 at 11:30 am with new elements