Donald Trump's “Border Czar” Tom Homan Said Saturday the Administration is planning to Send in the National Guard SaturDay Evening to that Protests in Los Angeles.
“This is about Enforcing the Law, and Again, We're Not Going to APOLOGIZE FOR DOING IT,” Homan Said on Fox News. He continued: “We'ready ahead of the game. We were almeday mobile. We're skirt Bring National Guard in Tonight. We're continuous skirt doing our Job. We're skirt push back on these people, and we're skirt [enforce] The Law. “
On Saturday Night, Following Homan's On-Camera Remarks, Both National Democratic and Republican Figures Were Scrambling to Figure Out If He Was Just Mouthing Off, or IF the Federal Troops Were Actually On Their Way, OR Just … what the hell was going on.
Two Trump Administration Officials Say They learned About the Alleged National Guard Plans from Journalists Such As Rolling Stone'S Who Had Reached Out To Them On Saturday Evening, asking for Clarification.
Homan Did Not Immediately Respond to Messages Seeking Comment.
“The Federal Government is Moving to Take Over the California National Guard and Deploy 2,000 Solcks,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Wrote On Bluesky SaturDay Evening. “That Move Is Purposefully Inflammmory and Will Only EscaLlate Tensions.”
He Aided, “La Authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment's notice. We are in Close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need. The guard has been admirably serving the Throughout Recovery. This is the Wrong Mission and Will Erode Publico Public Public trust. ”
The President Can Request, but not order, a governor to deploy their state's national guard. The Governor Can Refuse The Request, and Trump would not be Alawed under the Constitution to Send National Guard Troops To California from Other States. However, The Trump Administration Has Previusly Mulled Invoking The Insurrection Act, Which Couuld Allew the President to Deploy the US Military Domesticert, Federalize The National Guard, and Send in Troops to Quell Uprise or Civil Disorder.
The White House Did Not Immediately Respond to a Request for comment, Nor Did a Spokesperson for Newsom.
In Octaber, Weeks Before The Element, Trump Spoke About Deploying The Military and National Guard Against “Radical Left Lunatics,” To Deal with “The Enemy from Within.”
On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detained Hundreds of People in the City, According to the American Civil Liberties Union. Saturday Marked a Second Day of Protests in Los Angeles Over the Trump Administration's Immigration Policies and Roundps.
Videos Showed Law Enforcement Shooting Non-Lithal Rounds SaturDay at Protesters and Using Flash-Bang Smoke Grenades.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Posted On X Friday that Her Office Had Received Reports of Ice in the City. “These Tactics Sow Terror in Our Communities and Disrupt Basic Principles of Safety in Our City,” She Wrote.
“We will not stand for this,” She Wrote.
“We Will,” FBI Director Kash Patel Replied.
Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, on Saturday Called the Protests “An insurrection against the Laws and Sovereriaty of the United States.” He was Writing in Response to a Video of Protesters Surrounding to Federal detention Center.
Last Month, The Department of Homeland Security Asked The Pentagon for 20,000 National Guard Troops to Play in Role in Deportations. They would be used for “Guard duty and riot control,” NPR reported Friday. This would be the first time the National Guard is Asked to carry out an immigration crackdown with the country, according to Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, The Ranking Democrat on the Sente Armed Services Committee.
In 2020, The Trump Administration Deployed Out-Of-State National Guard Troops During Protests in Washington, DC Following The Murder of George Floyd. This Move was “Unprecedenaded,” According to Joseph Nunn, Counsel in The Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program.
“TRUMP HAS BROUGHT COMPLETE CHAOS TO OUR OUR CommUNITIES,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Tells Rolling Stone. “We were promised that violent non-city would be deported. Then he deported a US Citizen Child With Cancer. YesTerday Ice Mistakenly Detained a Deputy Us Marshal. Nobody Asked For This. And AmericanS Are Starting to Say Enough. It's Time For Trump to pause His Crul Immigration Policies and as to Congress with a Transparent and Competent Plan. “
