Trump's border czar says he's sending National Guard to fight LA anti-ICE protests as clashes continue into second day
Source: Independent
President Donald Trumps border czar, Tom Homan, said he plans to send the National Guard to Los Angeles to combat protests against ICE that began this weekend following immigration raids in the city.
We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilizeguess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight, Homan told Fox News.
His comments come after Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller railed against the protests, calling them an insurrection against the United States.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/la-protests-ice-raids-stephen-miller-insurrection-b2765792.html
This is getting messy. Hopefully no lives lost.

Irish_Dem
(70,546 posts)How far will the evil go?
Attilatheblond
(6,156 posts)Sadly, even without any protests anywhere, the Chickenhawk in Chief will find his parade did not give him the high he seeks. No joy no matter what because he is terminally mentally deficient and soulless. No matter what he makes happen, his father still never loved him and thinks he's a LOSER.
The problem is him, not us, but he will destroy us in his effort to feel better.
Irish_Dem
(70,546 posts)And yes. Trump's parade must be protected at all costs.
Yes there is nothing that will fill the hole in Trump's soul.
He is a deeply damaged and mentally ill person.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,153 posts)turbinetree
(26,180 posts)multigraincracker
(35,784 posts)hlthe2b
(110,096 posts)Shipwack
(2,717 posts)is a bad one: you can kill peaceful protesters and get off scot free.
IronLionZion
(49,072 posts)no consequences
mitch96
(15,262 posts)Activate 2000 NG troops and 6000 lookalikes show up...Hummmm Eschew Obfuscation...
Confusion ensues...
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Attilatheblond
(6,156 posts)Javaman
(64,009 posts)bucolic_frolic
(50,734 posts)tetedur
(1,280 posts)for "border security," hurricanes etc. I agree, L.A. is not on the border.
Has a federal emergency been declared? We know Miller thinks the protests are an "insurrection."
The goons have been pushing for this. Are they going to escalate so that when Trump comes back to work on Monday he'll be ready to declare martial law?
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,665 posts)That would mean there would be NO rights granted under the Bill of Rights.
Which translates that NO GUN OWNERSHIP allowed! I bet the lovers of the 2nd Amendment did not think that one out. More guns among the civilian population than Law Enforcement and the Military combined.
Shipwack
(2,717 posts)The Border Patrol has jurisdiction up to 100 miles from any US border, including maritime borders.
This means that two out of three people fall under its jurisdiction.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
Attilatheblond
(6,156 posts)That covers about 2/3 of the US population.
https://ibb.co/Tx7K3MSQ Sorry, image won't post for me today. Click the link and see just how bad things have been for years
Edited to add so you all understand we have not had our full rights for some time now:
We are subject to stops/inspections within these areas. Been going on for decades where I live. And the fascists are planning to make it a 200 mile wide zone all around the nation.
CanonRay
(15,325 posts)Not California Im sure.
walkingman
(9,339 posts)circumstances - but definitely not the "border czar".
Efilroft Sul
(4,035 posts)Oh, to be a fly on the governor's wall.
IronLionZion
(49,072 posts)President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the California National Guard to Los Angeles to intervene in protests of immigration sweeps, a move condemned by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The White House move to activate the National Guard marks a major escalation of immigration enforcement hostilities, in what the president has promised will be the largest-scale deportation operation in history. The protests began after federal immigration officials began sweeps in Los Angeles County on Friday, including in the fashion district downtown.
They are under dual state and federal authority under normal circumstances. But the president can always activate them as reserve units of the regular US Army and Air Force. Then the state governor has no control.
The DC national guard is always under federal control. They can be deployed anywhere for law enforcement during protests.
Cheezoholic
(3,000 posts)orangecrush
(24,927 posts)Trump signed the order.
Irish_Dem
(70,546 posts)Americans who want to live free and not under a nazi dictatorship.
IronLionZion
(49,072 posts)Irish_Dem
(70,546 posts)They adore a rapist, traitor, criminal, psychopath who is taking about our country
brick by brick.
America has lost its way into the moral abyss.
mountain grammy
(27,860 posts)Be safe LA. A lot of us support you.
TomSlick
(12,456 posts)was the Little Rock High integration crises in 1957. That was necessary only because Gov. Faubus had sent in the Arkansas Guard to thwart the enforcement of Brown v. Board. President Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas Guard and reversed its mission.
DallasNE
(7,801 posts)President Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard to take them out of the picture. He then sent in 1,000 federal 101st Airborne troops to escort the black students to class.
"With Executive Order 10730, the President placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to assist them in restoring order in Little Rock."
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-10730
IronLionZion
(49,072 posts)such as the George Floyd protests in 2020
True Dough
(23,252 posts)
Attilatheblond
(6,156 posts)The White House confirmed Saturday that President Donald Trump has signed a directive to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen to address "the lawlessness."
"The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
DallasNE
(7,801 posts)Which National Guard is he sending? Has he talked to the Governor of that State? This could go south in a hurry - just saying. The blind leading the blind like this usually blows up in ones face.
niyad
(124,232 posts)to order the NG? Silly me, I thought it was governors and the president.
Klarkashton
(3,463 posts)Nobody is going to stop his ugly gob.
orangecrush
(24,927 posts)?si=y-5uDQqFRalQ-ZEK
D. Spaulding
(213 posts)and the incompetent Hegseth in charge of the Defense Dept. Recipe for major disaster.
perdita9
(1,265 posts)The right to free speech. Every right Americans have fought for over the centuries is under threat.
nitpicked
(1,252 posts)True Dough
(23,252 posts)
Klondike Kat
(884 posts)he would remove the jackbooted, ICEstapo thugs from the city. They're the ones causing the problem.
GiqueCee
(2,328 posts)... Homan is a bloodthirsty psychopath. What could possibly go wrong?