As escalate in Los Angeles, California, the Trump administration is ready to invest more military forces into the region to help calm the situation.
U.S. Northern Command issued a statement on June 8 local time saying that According to the instructions of US Secretary of Defense Hegseyth, 500 US Marines have been in "ready to deploy" state and may be sent to Los Angeles at any time.
The statement stated that 500 Marines are ready to reinforce the Department of Defense's federal property and personnel protection operations. The Northern Command will provide further information during the confirmation and deployment of the troops.
On June 6 and 7 local time, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau and other federal agencies dispatched a large number of law enforcement personnel to launch searches for illegal immigrants in many places in Los Angeles County, and had serious conflicts with local community residents for two consecutive days.
Protesters surrounded federal buildings, stormed detention centers, and even threw metal blocks and burning objects at law enforcement officers, while law enforcement officers fired tear gas to respond. The situation at the scene was out of control for a while.
U.S. President Trump bypassed California Governor Newsom on the grounds of "assisting immigration law enforcement" and signed a presidential memorandum to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area.
At present, about 300 California National Guard members have been deployed to Los Angeles County.
Hours after the National Guard arrived in Los Angeles under President Trump's order, they had a standoff with protesters, constantly firing tear gas to try to disperse the protesters, but the number of protesters increased.
California Governor Newsom signed a document to the U.S. Department of Defense on the afternoon of the 8th local time, requiring Secretary of Defense Hegseyth to withdraw the order to deploy the National Guard to the Los Angeles area and return the command of the California National Guard to the state government, "deploy when the situation is necessary."
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson responded to Newsom's request in a statement to the media.
"President Trump rightfully intervened in restoring law and order due to Gavin Newsom's incompetent leadership and his refusal to stop violent attacks on U.S. law enforcement. It is a shameless lie that Newsom claims there is no problem in Los Angeles before President Trump intervenes," he said.
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