President Donald Trump campaigned on cracking down on illegal immigration, and the White House tells me he’s just keeping his promise. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom, *** potential Democratic presidential candidate, says President Trump is taking aim at democracy. The White House Wednesday doubling down on President Donald Trump’s deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles and *** response to anti-IE protests. President Trump received *** clear mandate from voters to reverse the illegal invasion ushered in by Joe Biden’s open border and to end the lawlessness represented by Karen Bass in Gavin Newsom’s California. California Governor. Newsom issued *** warning overnight that the president is overstepping his authority. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. Political analysts say what’s happening now goes beyond the. Protests and military deployment and into the red versus blue debate over immigration. We’re moving murders out of our country that were put here by Biden, analysts say this incident shows President Trump is willing to use every means to carry out the mass deportations he promised. It’s good politics for him. It’s on the issues for him, and he gets to claim that this is what he promised to do and this is what he’s doing. But Governor Newsom argues his agents are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers, and seamstresses. That’s just weakness. Analysts say this issue launches the governor into the national spotlight. So for Newsom’s 2028 potential run here, there’s *** lot up in the air. Number one, that there’s usually not bigger *** bigger magnifying glass on someone, especially *** governor, than *** crisis. has been *** winning issue for President Trump politically, but new polling suggests that the escalating situation in LA could change that. According to *** new YouGov poll, 45% of Americans disapprove of deploying troops to the LA area to respond to protests, while 38% approve. At the White House, I’m Norwood.
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About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday. And while some troops have already gone on such missions, he said it’s too early to say if that will continue even after the protests die down.Related video above: Politics at play in Los Angeles anti-ICE protest responseMaj. Gen. Scott Sherman, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press and ABC, also warned that he expects the protest situation will escalate. “We are expecting a ramp up,” he said, noting that protests across the nation are being planned and discussed now. “I’m focused right here in LA, what’s going on right here. But you know, I think we’re, we’re very concerned.”Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 that is overseeing the more than 4,000 Guard troops and 700 Marines deployed, initially said that National Guard troops had already temporarily detained some civilians. He later said he was incorrect, and that he had based his comments on photos and footage he had seen that turned out to not be a representation of Guard members in Los Angeles.__This story has been corrected. The commander of the troops deployed to Los Angeles initially told the AP that National Guard members had already detained some civilians. He later said his information was incorrect and Guard members have not detained civilians.
About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday. And while some troops have already gone on such missions, he said it’s too early to say if that will continue even after the protests die down.
Related video above: Politics at play in Los Angeles anti-ICE protest response
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Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press and ABC, also warned that he expects the protest situation will escalate. “We are expecting a ramp up,” he said, noting that protests across the nation are being planned and discussed now. “I’m focused right here in LA, what’s going on right here. But you know, I think we’re, we’re very concerned.”
Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 that is overseeing the more than 4,000 Guard troops and 700 Marines deployed, initially said that National Guard troops had already temporarily detained some civilians. He later said he was incorrect, and that he had based his comments on photos and footage he had seen that turned out to not be a representation of Guard members in Los Angeles.
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This story has been corrected. The commander of the troops deployed to Los Angeles initially told the AP that National Guard members had already detained some civilians. He later said his information was incorrect and Guard members have not detained civilians.
