On Monday Trump confirmed the deployment of 700 marine soldiers and another 2,000 members of the National Guard.
The protests exploded Friday in the center of Los Angelesafter it was known that agents of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) They were carrying out operations to stop undocumented migrants in different areas of the city. The news generated a rapid reaction from civil rights organizations, activists and members of the migrant community, who took to the streets to demonstrate against what they considered a repressive and discriminatory policy.
Before the escalation of the protests, the Pentagon confirmed the deployment of 700 Navy soldiers and others 2,000 National Guard troops In the Los Angeles area, with the aim of strengthening the federal response against the growing mobilizations. The spokesman of the Department of Defense, Sean Parnellexplained that members of the California National Guard They have also been mobilized as part of the security operation.
In an unexpected turn, one of the marines sent to Los Angeles joined a protest in Dallaswhere he publicly expressed his rejection of ICE operations. “We will not be pawns in the elimination of constitutional rights”, Said the military, in a message that quickly went viral and lit the debate on the role of the armed forces in civil and immigration matters. His gesture was interpreted by many as a sign of fracture within the federal apparatus itself.
The questions to Donald Trump’s decision
The measure generated strong criticism on the local political level. The governor Gavin Newsom questioned the decision hard: “The United States Marines have served honorably in multiple wars in defense of democracy. They should not be deployed on American soil facing their own compatriots to fulfill the insane fantasy of a dictatorial president. This is little American, ”he published in his account of X.
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President Trump, on the other hand, ratified his hard line in front of the protesters. In statements released over the weekend, he warned: “If they spit, we will hit”, In direct allusion to those who mobilize against their deportation policy.
From Friday, various areas of Los Angeles remained in tension, with Repon and clashes between protesters and security forces. The protests pointed against the strategy of the Federal Executive, which included searches, arrests and massive operations in neighborhoods with a high migrant presence.
Source: Ambito
