With protests spreading across the United States, a night-time curfew has been in place in its second-largest city with authorities tackling vandalism and looting that scarred a few city blocks.
The mostly peaceful protests ignited last week over an escalation in efforts to apprehend migrants in the country illegally, but there were also pockets of violence, including the burning of self-driving taxis and hurling stones at police.
Trump charged that the governor “had totally lost control of the situation.”
In Spokane, in the northwest state of Washington, another night curfew was declared after police arrested more than 30 protesters and fired pepper balls to disperse crowds, officials said.
Protests also took place in Las Vegas, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boston, according to CNN.
Trump won the election last year partly on promises to combat what he claims is an “invasion” by undocumented migrants.
Around 1,000 of the 4,700 troops Trump deployed were actively guarding facilities and working alongside ICE agents, said Scott Sherman, Deputy Commanding General Army North, who is leading operations.
The Pentagon has said the deployment will cost taxpayers $134 million.
He warned earlier this week that the militarization would creep beyond his state’s borders, saying “democracy is under assault right before our eyes.”
Trump administration lawyers called the application a “crass political stunt.”
A nationwide “No Kings” movement was expected on Saturday, when Trump will attend a highly unusual military parade in the US capital.
The Trump administration is painting the wave of protests as a violent threat to the nation, requiring military force to support regular immigration agents and police.
“A week ago, everything was peaceful in the city of Los Angeles,“ she told reporters.
“This was provoked by the White House.”
A pastor in the LA suburb of Downey said five armed men driving out-of-state cars grabbed a Spanish-speaking man in the church’s parking lot.
“They did point their rifle at me and said, ‘You need to get back,‘” Lopez told broadcaster KTLA.
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