California is protesting Trump's immigration policy. What the media is writing

Protests in California, provoked by Friday's immigration police raid, have been going on for three days. What the foreign press reports about the causes of the unrest and how this situation can be beneficial to US President Donald Trump is in the Izvestia digest.

Breitbart News: Ministries of Defense and Internal Security were involved in the crackdown

US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has instructed the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to help quell civil unrest while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conduct raids in the city of Los Angeles. He said that this order would "liberate Los Angeles," and the migrants would be expelled from the country. Protests against ICE broke out in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to the introduction of federal immigration laws.

The president ordered 2,000 National Guard soldiers to be deployed to the area so that ICE agents could conduct operations. Democrats condemned the move as an escalation tactic. The governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom, said that this was done not because of a lack of law enforcement officers, but because the federal government "wants a spectacle."

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The New York Times: The Los Angeles Police Department is concerned about the increase in violence on the streets

On Sunday, Los Angeles law enforcement officers clashed with crowds of people protesting against the Trump administration's crackdown on migrants for the third day in a row. As night fell, California leaders called on protesters for peace, and Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell warned that the clashes in the streets were "becoming more violent and violent."

On Sunday afternoon, the standoff near the detention center was mostly peaceful. Some protesters later took to a nearby freeway, briefly blocking traffic. California Highway Patrol officers cornered them and escorted them out. During the next few hours, there were clashes between protesters and police before nightfall. Officers used gas and other means, while protesters threw scooters, fireworks and rocks at police cars. One car caught fire, and three officers were injured.

Reuters: the governor of California called the deployment of National Guard troops in the state illegal

California National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to help quell the ongoing third day of protests against immigration control measures. Los Angeles police officers said at a press briefing that police were making new arrests after at least 10 arrests on Sunday and 29 the night before. National Guard soldiers guarded federal government buildings, while police and protesters clashed in separate demonstrations.

Newsom said he plans to sue the administration over the deployment of troops, adding that Trump had "created the conditions" for protests. He accused the president of trying to provoke a crisis and violating the sovereignty of the state. Police Chief McDonnell said at a briefing that the protests were getting out of control. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that the Pentagon is ready to mobilize active troops "if violence continues" in Los Angeles, saying Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton are on "high alert."

The New York Times: Trump may benefit from protests in California

This is the battle that President Trump has been waiting for — a confrontation with his main political rival in a Democratic state on an issue that forms the basis of his political agenda. The city authorities did not seek help in dealing with the scattered protests that broke out after the immigration raid on Friday, but Trump and his top aides leaned toward confrontation with California leaders on Sunday, portraying the demonstrations as an existential threat to the country and launching an aggressive federal response that, in turn, provoked new protests throughout the city.

The president's aides and allies say the events unfolding in Los Angeles provide an almost perfect picture of why Trump was elected in November. "One side stands for enforcing the law and protecting Americans, and the other side stands for protecting illegal immigrants and on the side of people who break the law," said Newt Gingrich, a former Republican speaker of the House of Representatives and an ally of the president.

BBC News: protests in California provoked by rumors

On Sunday, there were only two small pickup trucks in the parking lot near the Home Depot store in the suburb of Paramount, whose population is more than 82% Hispanic. The day before, the store became the center of protests by immigrants, provoked by rumors that day laborers had been detained and arrested here. Protests broke out in this predominantly Latin American city, which turned violent when stones and molotov cocktails were used. Authorities used pepper spray, rubber bullets and smoke bombs to subdue the crowd. However, the demonstrations at Paramount appear to have been the result of misinformation.

The Paramount riots, during which a car was also set on fire and businesses looted, were the catalyst for what federal authorities described as riots throughout the Los Angeles area. Hispanics don't just predominate in the ethnic composition of the state — immigrants, especially from southern Mexico, are an integral part of the local history and culture. The city boasts of its sanctuary city status, which means that it does not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. "Everyone has relatives or acquaintances who don't have documents," said Maria Gutierrez, who protested at Paramount.