Another 2,000 California National Guard troops are deployed in the Los Angeles area, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. It occurs in the midst of the repression of immigration from the Trump administration in the region, which has caused a series of controversial protests in the center of the last weeks.
Northern United States Command said in a statement that troops were being activated according to Title 10 Law, which President Trump invoked earlier when he announced for the first time on June 7 that he was deploying National Guard troops to the in response to demonstrations.
The soldiers “will support the protection of federal, personal and property functions in the Los Angeles area,” said USNORTHCOM in a statement.
The decision was in the direction of the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the officials said. USNORTHCOM did not delve into what Hegseth pushed to expand the troop count.
Troops will join about 4,100 National Guard soldiers and 700 marines they are already deployed in the
Prior to its arrival, the new batch of soldiers is “completing the training on de-escalation, crowd control and use of permanent rules for the use of force in advance to join the Federal Protection Mission,” said Usnorthcom.
Trump’s Initial memory The deployment order says that troops are in the “temporarily protect” immigration and the application of customs, as well as other federal properties and federal properties.
Local and state officials have greatly criticized the move of Mr. Trump, arguing that local law forces were able to manage protests, some of which became violent and said that the deployment of federal troops on the city streets has only served to inflame the situation in the situation, a city with a large and varying immigrant community.
The city center protest were in response to a series of immigration raids in Los Angeles.
The deployment of the President of the Federal Troops who uses title 10 is now facing a legal challenge of the Governor of California Gavin Newsom, which filed a lawsuit Call the movement as a “power grip” and arguing that the California National Guard troops were put under federal control without Newsom’s permission.
The Judge of the North -American District, Charles Breyer, of San Francisco, briefly and temporarily blocked the deployment of the National Guard last week. However, hours later, an appeal court stop Breyer’s ruling.
On Tuesday, a jury of three Judges of the United States Appeal Court of the 9th Circuit heard arguments in the case of whether Mr. Trump surpassed his authority when he invoked Title 10.
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