On Saturday, President Donald Trump's administration decided to mobilize 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles. Why did the National Guard need to be mobilized in emergencies such as natural disasters or violence?
The Trump administration made this decision after hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles to deport undocumented immigrants. The National Guard, which is a special branch of the US Army, is deployed only in special situations. After the National Guard has to be deployed, questions have also been raised as to whether there is a situation where violence can break out in Los Angeles.
The situation escalated after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC) began raiding areas where undocumented immigrants live. The IC is an agency of the federal government that does things like identifying and deporting illegal immigrants. After the start of his second term as president, Trump started a campaign to deport illegal immigrants. BBC has written that IC has arrested more than one lakh 'illegal' immigrants.
The news of clashes between undocumented immigrants and immigration officials in several places in Los Angeles became public. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that duty soldiers will also be mobilized in areas where the violence continues, saying that the soldiers are on high alert.
Al Jazeera mentioned that in some places the demonstrators waved the Mexican flag and they threw stones and bottles at the security personnel and set fire to the car. After the protesters started being arrested, they gathered outside the Federal Detention Center and shouted slogans. Some even showed placards written against IC.
The White House said that the violent crowd was responsible for the situation in which the National Guard had to be mobilized, saying that the IC staff was attacked. The White House has announced that it has taken Stating that the steps are very important, it is necessary to kill the criminals who are staying in the US illegally and to protect the American citizens from the increasing violence. The White House also said that the President mobilized the National Guard because of this.
