<p>President Donald Trump signed a memo late Saturday ordering 2,000 National Guard members to be deployed in Los Angeles County after federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day, the White House press secretary said.</p><p>California Gov Gavin Newsom confirmed the call-up. “The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers,” he said in a statement. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”</p><p>Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokesperson, said in a statement that the president was acting to counter “violent mobs” that she said had confronted federal immigration agents. “In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens,” she said.</p>.Trump says Department of Justice made decision to bring back Abrego Garcia. <p>Protests broke out Friday and Saturday as federal agents mounted raids on workplaces in search of immigrants living in the country illegally.</p><p>On Saturday in Paramount, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, law enforcement officers used flash-bang grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets as they clashed with protesters who came to the area, which had been rumored to be the site of an immigration operation.</p><p>There were hundreds of protesters when the demonstrations peaked during the day, but their numbers dwindled in the evening. Several dozen were still protesting at 6 pm.</p><p>Here’s what else to know:</p><p><strong>Workplace raids:</strong> The recent raids appeared to be part of a new phase of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, in which officials say they will increasingly focus on workplaces — taking aim at the main reason millions of people have illegally crossed the border for decades.</p><p><strong>More clashes:</strong> In Paramount, protesters clashed with federal immigration agents by a Home Depot near a residential area where many Latinos live.</p><p><strong>Arrests:</strong> US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 121 immigrants across Los Angeles on Friday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.</p><p><strong>Trump administration: </strong>Trump administration officials spent much of Saturday criticizing the protests in the region. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, repeatedly posted on social media about the protests, describing them at various points as an “insurrection.”</p><p><strong>ICE: </strong>Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, on Fox News indicated that the ICE operation would continue. “They’re not going to shut us down,” he said. “We’re out there right now doing operations.”</p>
<p>President Donald Trump signed a memo late Saturday ordering 2,000 National Guard members to be deployed in Los Angeles County after federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day, the White House press secretary said.</p><p>California Gov Gavin Newsom confirmed the call-up. “The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers,” he said in a statement. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”</p><p>Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokesperson, said in a statement that the president was acting to counter “violent mobs” that she said had confronted federal immigration agents. “In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens,” she said.</p>.Trump says Department of Justice made decision to bring back Abrego Garcia. <p>Protests broke out Friday and Saturday as federal agents mounted raids on workplaces in search of immigrants living in the country illegally.</p><p>On Saturday in Paramount, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, law enforcement officers used flash-bang grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets as they clashed with protesters who came to the area, which had been rumored to be the site of an immigration operation.</p><p>There were hundreds of protesters when the demonstrations peaked during the day, but their numbers dwindled in the evening. Several dozen were still protesting at 6 pm.</p><p>Here’s what else to know:</p><p><strong>Workplace raids:</strong> The recent raids appeared to be part of a new phase of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, in which officials say they will increasingly focus on workplaces — taking aim at the main reason millions of people have illegally crossed the border for decades.</p><p><strong>More clashes:</strong> In Paramount, protesters clashed with federal immigration agents by a Home Depot near a residential area where many Latinos live.</p><p><strong>Arrests:</strong> US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 121 immigrants across Los Angeles on Friday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.</p><p><strong>Trump administration: </strong>Trump administration officials spent much of Saturday criticizing the protests in the region. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, repeatedly posted on social media about the protests, describing them at various points as an “insurrection.”</p><p><strong>ICE: </strong>Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, on Fox News indicated that the ICE operation would continue. “They’re not going to shut us down,” he said. “We’re out there right now doing operations.”</p>