A judge ordered the US president, Donald Trumpreturn control of the National guard to the state of California by qualifying in its opinion of “illegal” the decision of the president to display that force for the control of disturbances in Los Angeles in protests against migratory raids.
“His actions were illegal. (…) Therefore he must return from Immediate the control of the California National Guard To the state governor, “Gavin Newsom ruled the district judge Charles Breyer in the ruling accessed by the AFP.
However, the order is pause until Friday noon local time (19 hours GMT), and the White House He launched almost from Immediate an appeal that can go to Supreme Court.
“Donald Trump He will be relieved of his command at noon tomorrow, “said Newsom in television statements after knowing the ruling.” It is not a monarchit is not a kingand should stop acting as if it were, “said 57 -year -old Democratic governor.
Trump He affirmed earlier on Thursday that Los Angeles is “SANA AND SAV“Thanks to the deployment of thousands of national soldiers and guards to contain protests against migratory raids.
The president’s decision to deploy the National Guard, a Military Force Reserve, despite the rejection of the Californian governor, it is something that a president had not done since 1965.
The Republican president accused the governor of “having lost Totally control of the situation”
The protests, mostly peaceful, exploded last week due to raids launched by the government against undocumented immigrants.
There were also spotlights, such as taxis burning and the launch of stones at the police.
Other cities
In Spokane, Washington, a nightmage touch was decreed after the police arrested more than 30 protesters.
In Seattle, the largest city in that same state in the west of the country, the police arrested eight people. There were also protests in Las Vegas, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Chicago, Atlanta and Boston, according to CNN.
During your electoral campaign, Trump He promised to persecute the “foreign criminals.”
But their efforts to combat irregular immigration have gone much further and have focused specifically on Latin American immigrants, essential for certain sectors.
Trump He admitted Thursday that he had to “do something” quickly to protect immigrant workers from agriculture and hospitality, in order to avoid a negative impact on these sectors.
“An attacked democracy”
A thousand of the 4,700 effective that Trump He ordered display were already acting to protect facilities, together with agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE), according to Subcomandante Scott Sherman, who leads operations.
Governor Newsom, a Democrat who is emerging as a presidential candidate for 2028, has accused Trump of climbing the clashes to obtain political revenue.
Earlier this week, he warned that militarization would extend beyond the borders of his state. “Democracy is being attacked before our eyes,” he said.
A Democratic Senator, Alex Padilla, was forcibly expelled on Thursday from a press conference by the Secretary of Security, Kristi Noem, in Los Angeles, while trying to interrupt her, found an AFP photographer. Noem was talking about the raids.
While the spokeswoman for the White HouseKaroline Leavitt declared in X that “Senator Padilla should be ashamed of his childhood behavior.”
In Congress, a dozen parliamentarians of Hispanic origin went to the offices of the head of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, to ask him to defend his colleague and “the institution of Congress, democratic counterpower.”
“Under control” –
In the country’s second metropolis, the situation seemed to have returned to a certain calm.
“In general, everything is under control here in zero zone,” he told AFP Lynn Sturgisa 66 -year -old retired teacher, before the federal government offices, in the city center.
For Bass, the crisis was manufactured by the White House.
“A week ago, everything was calm in the city of Los Angeles,” said the mayor to the press. “The situation began to complicate on Friday, when the raids occurred. (…) That is the cause of problems.”
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected the raids “to arrest people who work honestly,” when he received the American State Undersecretary, Christopher Landau.
At least 61 Mexicans were arrested in these operations.