U.S. withdraws 2,000 National Guard soldiers deployed in Los Angeles

Los Angeles (USA).- The Government of USA demobilized this Tuesday 2,000 soldiers from the National Guard who were deployed last month by order of the president, Donald Trump, in the protests against the immigration authorities that took place in Los Angeles (California). «Thanks to our troops who answered the call, anarchy in Los Angeles is subsiding. As such, the secretary (of Defense, Pete Hegseth) has ordered the release of 2,000 members of the California National Guard from the federal protection mission,» Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell reported in a statement accessed by EFE. In June, Trump sent more than 4,000 members of the National Guard to Los Angeles during the protests against immigration raids, which, although mostly peaceful, sometimes turned violent, with clashes between protesters and the Police.

The Governor of California Criticized the Deployment of the National Guard

The main function of these troops, deployed without the consent of California Governor Gavin Newsom, was to protect federal buildings and support law enforcement during the massive protests against the immigration raids of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In addition to the National Guard, the Government also sent more than 700 marines to Los Angeles.

The deployment of National Guard forces led to a confrontation between the White House and the Newsom Administration, although a federal appeals court in California ultimately ruled that Trump could maintain control of the soldiers. Newsom stated this Tuesday in a statement reported by the media that the deployment of the National Guard in the city of Los Angeles “has taken troops away from their families and civilian lives to serve as political pawns of the president.” “While nearly 2,000 of them are beginning to demobilize, the remaining guard members continue without a mission, without direction, and without hope of returning to help their communities. We ask Trump and the Department of Defense to end this theater and send everyone home now,” he asserted.