Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is urging calm as protests over aggressive immigration enforcement grow increasingly tense, with demonstrators clashing with security forces following President Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to the city.
“Deploying federalized troops on the heels of these raids is a chaotic escalation.”
Bass said in an official statement issued on Sunday.
“The fear people are feeling in our city right now is very real – it’s felt in our communities and within our families and it puts our neighborhoods at risk. This is the last thing that our city needs, and I urge protestors to remain peaceful.”
Over the weekend, protests erupted across Southern California following mass Immigration Customs and Enforement (ICE) arrests and the federal troop deployment ordered by Trump.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the deployment “unlawful” and asked the White House to rescind the order, warning it would only inflame tensions.
The situation on
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