Trump has sent troops to quell protests in Los Angeles. What the media is writing

Unrest caused by anti-immigrant raids continues unabated in the United States. After violent clashes between protesters and police, unrest has spread beyond the state of California, with demonstrations now taking place in Chicago and Washington. Marines were sent to Los Angeles to quell the protests. What the media write about the development of the conflict is in the Izvestia digest.

Bloomberg: Trump has sent 700 Marines to Los Angeles.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has tightened its response to anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, mobilizing 700 Marines and increasing tensions with California authorities. Clashes continued for a fourth night in the city between police and demonstrators protesting the growing number of raids by immigration and customs enforcement officers, which local officials say are spreading fear in the immigrant community. The state sued the administration for mobilizing National Guard troops in the city.

On Monday, the day's mostly peaceful protests escalated into isolated clashes with police using non-lethal ammunition, and some protesters threw bottles. The protests were mostly confined to small parts of the city, with businesses and residents largely unaffected. However, the incidents began to spread beyond Los Angeles. Demonstrators gathered in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington and other major American cities.

The Washington Post: riots in Los Angeles have become a platform for PR

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris did not directly condemn violence on the streets of Los Angeles in her statement, although she attacked Trump for deploying the National Guard and recent immigration police raids in her home state of California. But sending federal forces to the state as reinforcements has increased tensions and may prolong the violence.

Footage from Los Angeles plays on Trump's biggest political force, popular disapproval of illegal immigration. At the same time, Newsom is trying to provoke the president into an overreaction that will alienate even those Americans who currently support him. Trump seems to have a solid legal foundation. The President has so far refrained from formally applying the 1807 Uprising Act, which allows for the federalization of National Guard units to quell civil unrest. Instead, it limits the actions of troops to protecting federal property and officers.

The New York Times: Trump switched from Musk to Newsom

A few days ago, President Trump was engaged in a fierce feud with Elon Musk, the richest man in the world. But by Monday, Trump had turned the page on Musk and was focusing on a more familiar target: Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California. This is exactly the fight Trump has been waiting for, and it was dedicated to the issue that is perhaps the most important for his political identity — the fight against immigration.

In many ways, Trump remains who he has always been, moving quickly from one dramatic confrontation to another with a rare pause in between. On Monday, he returned to the White House and supported the idea of arresting Newsom. By this point, even Musk had come to express solidarity with Trump. When Vice President J.D. Vance wrote that Trump "will not tolerate riots and violence," Musk expressed his approval with two emojis of the American flag.

CNN: Americans can support Trump's tough response to protests in California

A similar situation developed in 2020 <after the death of African-American George Floyd as a result of police detention>, when federal law enforcement agencies suddenly began clearing Lafayette Square near the White House from demonstrators advocating racial justice, which led to violent scenes. A survey conducted at the same time showed that the majority of Americans considered the deployment of the US military in response to the protests in the United States inappropriate. But back then, Americans sympathized with the protesters and did not consider the protests particularly violent.

Although Americans support mass deportation, these numbers decrease significantly when mentioning the deportation of law-abiding working people and those who have been in the country for a long time. But the raids that sparked the protests were aimed at workplaces in general and not necessarily at criminals. The Department of Homeland Security said at least five of those arrested in Los Angeles had criminal records or were charged with crimes. The administration has carried out a Machiavellian political calculation: No matter how much people resist the means, their support for the goals will prevail.

Migration Incarnation: Protests in California deepen rift in Trump's team

The approval rating of the US president is lower than that of Obama and Biden, while many actively support his measures.

The Guardian: Lawyers are trying to contact those detained during the raids in Los Angeles

At least 14 of those detained in Los Angeles during migration police raids were members of the local episcopal diocese. Relatives and lawyers are still trying to find out where they were all taken.

Homan said that policing measures could be stepped up in the Los Angeles area this week, even as thousands of National Guard troops are deployed in the city, ready to quell protests against the raids. Lawyers from the Center for the Protection of Immigrants discovered that the immigrants detained in Los Angeles were initially held in the basement of the federal immigration building. The American Civil Liberties Union held a rally in downtown Los Angeles demanding "humane treatment and access to lawyers for all detainees."