Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass mentioned Monday that immigration raids in her metropolis resulted in “dysfunction” the prior evening.
“Properly, I simply must say that in case you dial again time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not occurred right here, we might not have the dysfunction that went on final evening,” Bass mentioned on CNN’s “The State of affairs Room.”
“I’ll let you know that it’s peaceable now, however we have no idea the place and when the subsequent raids might be,” she added.
Trump deployed 2,000 Nationwide Guard members to the Los Angeles space on Saturday amid protests in opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned beforehand the motion was resulting from “violent mobs” lately attacking “Federal Legislation Enforcement Brokers finishing up primary deportation operations.”
“Within the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have fully abdicated their duty to guard their residents,” Leavitt mentioned.
U.S. Northern Command introduced on Monday that the U.S. navy was set to temporarily move around 700 Marines to Los Angeles, additional elevating navy presence within the metropolis.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Vice President Vance sparred on social media on Monday over the state of affairs within the Los Angeles space.
The back-and-forth between the governor and the vp started with Newsom responding to feedback from President Trump, who mentioned he would help arresting the Golden State governor.
“The President of america simply referred to as for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This can be a day I hoped I might by no means see in America. I don’t care in case you’re a Democrat or a Republican, this can be a line we can not cross as a nation — that is an unmistakable step towards authoritarianism,” Newsom mentioned Monday afternoon on the social platform X.
Vance responded to Newsom on X almost two hours later, telling the governor to “Do your job.”
The Hill has reached out to ICE and the White Home for remark.