Mayor Bass said „We organized peaceful protests, we took the Trump administration to court — that led to today’s retreat“
Half of the California National Guard troops who were federalized and deployed to Los Angeles in response to unrest sparked by immigration-enforcement raids in the area will return to their normal duties, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Southern California leaders, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Orange County Rep. Lou Correa, responded quickly to the announcement from the Pentagon that 2,000 federalized California National Guard troops were being released from their federal assignments.
Newsom, for example, said Trump “has been exploiting” the National Guard for more than a month “as his political pawns.”
“Thousands of members are still federalized in Los Angeles for no reason and unable to carry out their critical duties across the state,” Newsom said. “End this theater and send everyone home.”
Trump’s action, Bass said, “happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong. We organized peaceful protests, we came together at rallies, we took the Trump administration to court — all of this led to today’s retreat.
“My message today to Angelenos is clear,” she added. “I will never stop fighting for this city. We will not stop making our voices heard until this ends, not just here in L.A., but throughout our country.”
Bass was scheduled to hold a news conference Tuesday evening to more fully respond to the Pentagon’s announcement.
In early June, President Donald Trump deployed about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to respond to a series of protests against immigration raids in and around Los Angeles.
