Last Friday, ICE agents descended upon a Home Depot parking lot and a clothing manufacturer and arrested over 40 people they believed were undocumented immigrants. Family members and friends showed up on the scene to try to stop the arrests, which led to clashes with ICE. During these clashes, ICE pushed back with riot shields, bully sticks and pepper spray, and a number of protestors were arrested.
Protests arose in Los Angeles, Compton and Paramount on Friday. On Saturday, President Trump called up 4,000 troops from the Army National Guard, despite the protests of California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. On Truth Social, Trump said he had given the Department and Defense and the Department of Justice orders to "take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots.”
As of now, like in previous arrests and detainments of Hispanic people, there is no actual evidence that they are undocumented immigrants. And since the Trump administration does not believe in due process, they can simply claim that a Hispanic person is undocumented, and that becomes fact and cannot be contested.
On June 10, a one square mile area in the 400 square mile city of Los Angeles was given a curfew, and on the night of June 10, police began arresting protestors in that area as the National Guard looked on, behind shields.
Yesterday, 700 marines were sent to Los Angeles, also against the wishes of the Governor and Mayor, to join the crackdown on protests.
We have seen the administration become increasingly bold with unconstitutional actions against non-whites, under the guise of cracking down on immigration. But without due process, victims of the administration have no power to contradict or show evidence in court. Therefore, until due process is reinstated and people are able to have their day in court, all we can say is that the administration is persecuting brown people of Hispanic and Muslim ethnicity.
https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-f39ba39287f628ce8c8be47c92ea6147
https://apnews.com/article/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-a842f79e1c0e244039be274a6f266a7a
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/la-protests-immigration-raids-ambience-apparel-home-depot-rcna211814
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