Los Angeles: The United States' Defense Department, the Pentagon, deployed 2,000 additional National Guard troops to Los Angeles, where protests have erupted over President Trump's illegal immigration policies.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell stated on the social media platform X that these reinforcements "have been called into federal service to support ICE and enable federal law enforcement officers to safely conduct duties." Parnell accused the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, of allowing the city of Los Angeles to descend into chaos, attributing it to shared ideologies with the rioters.
The Governor, in response, requested the President to rescind his orders, describing the deployment as a breach of state sovereignty.
Earlier, California's Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Newsom filed a lawsuit against President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's decision to deploy the National Guard without the consent of the state governor.
Protests have erupted across Los Angeles over the deportation of illegal migrants and certain measures taken in that regard.