Trump Deploys 2,000 National Guard Troops Amid Immigration Protest Clashes In Los Angeles

The US President Donald Trump-led administration said that it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on Sunday as the federal agents in Los Angeles faced off against a few hundred demonstrators amid the immigration raids. According to news agency Reuters, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty troops "if violence continues" in Los Angeles, saying the Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were "on high alert."

The agents of federal security confronted protestors on Saturday in the Paramount area in southeast Los Angeles, where some demonstrators displayed Mexican flags. In downtown, a second protest on Saturday attracted some 60 people, who went to southeast Los Angeles, where some demonstrators displayed Mexican flags.

The US President signed a presidential memorandum to deploy the National Guard troops to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester", the White House said in a statement. Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News that the National Guard would be deployed in Los Angeles on Saturday.