US President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsman in Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Saturday: “We are making Los Angeles safer.”The Californian city saw a second day of unrest on Saturday as residents of a predominantly Latino district clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal agents. The ICE used tear gas and batons to disperse crowds in the Paramount district.As many as 118 arrests were made in LA this week as a result of ICE operations, including 44 on Friday. California Governor Gavin Newsom has condemned the raids as “cruel”. A White House press release said: “In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California. “These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens. That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.”Speaking in Los Angeles, where he had travelled to personally supervise the continuing ICE operations, Homan said: “We’re bringing in more resources as we speak. We gonna bring the National Guard in tonight. We gonna continue doing our job.”He warned that there would be “zero tolerance” of any violence or damage to private property.In a post on X, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino also issued a warning to protesters: “You bring chaos, and we’ll bring handcuffs. Law and order will prevail.”He said that “multiple arrests” had been made for “obstructing operatio …
