Despite Trump's threat to dispatch troops, more cities in the United States witnessed demonstrations against the tough immigration policy

(Los Angeles) The tough immigration policy of the US government has sparked protests in more cities across the country. Apart from Los Angeles, now in cities such as New York, Atlanta and Chicago, there are also people who, despite President Trump's threat to dispatch troops, have taken to the streets to demonstrate and protest. Seven hundred US Marines will be deployed to Los Angeles and other places within 48 hours to carry out the mission together with the National Guard.

The demonstration in Los Angeles entered its sixth day on Wednesday (June 11th), with more than 1,000 people still taking to the streets to march. Although the demonstration was carried out peacefully, the atmosphere was tense. A curfew was imposed for the second consecutive night in a neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. Mayor Bass said that this was to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause damage.

On the first night of the curfew, the Los Angeles police arrested 225 people. Among them, 203 were demonstrators who refused to disperse, 17 violated the curfew, and several others were arrested for carrying guns, assaulting police officers or shooting laser beams at police helicopters.

A curfew was also imposed in Spokane, Washington State on Wednesday. Earlier that day, a large number of local people took to the streets to oppose the enforcement actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, resulting in the immobility of some sections of the road. The police fired pepper pellets to disperse the crowd and arrested more than 30 people. The mayor of Spokane, Brown, later announced that a curfew would be imposed in some areas from 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Demonstrations also took place in cities such as New York, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Raleigh, Indianapolis and Denver. Although Texas Governor Abbott has ordered the deployment of the National Guard to deal with the demonstrations, hundreds of people still participated in the march in the city of SAN Antonio, Texas on Wednesday.

Previously, despite the opposition of California Governor Newsom, Trump ordered the deployment of 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles.

The Northern Commander Headquarters of the United States said on Wednesday that 700 Marines have received specialized training for the Los Angeles mission, including conflict mitigation and crowd control, and will carry out the mission together with the National Guard within 48 hours. These troops have the right to temporarily detain the public under specific circumstances, such as to stop attacks, prevent others from being harmed, or to suppress disturbances in the office work of public officials.

Army Major General Sherman, who is in charge of the command, said that this Marine Corps would carry live ammunition, but their rifles would not be loaded with live ammunition.

Trump has declared that he will deploy troops to other states where demonstrations have also occurred. He insisted on Wednesday that sending troops to Los Angeles was to ensure national security. If there were no me... Los Angeles has long been burned to ruins.

California and Newsom have sued the president and the Department of Defense, insisting that what Los Angeles is currently facing is not a situation such as foreign invasion or rebellion that requires the deployment of troops. California has demanded the issuance of a temporary restraining order to immediately prevent the National Guard and the Marine Corps from participating in civil law enforcement. A federal court judge in San Francisco scheduled a hearing on this matter on Thursday afternoon local time (the 12th).

The US Department of Justice said in documents submitted to the court on Wednesday that the president has the authority to decide whether it is necessary to use the military to deal with "rebellion or the danger of rebellion". Nineteen states of the United States and Guam also jointly submitted documents in support of Trump, claiming that his dispatch of the National Guard across the California government was a "responsible, constitutional and legally authorized" move. Democratic attorneys general from 18 states including New York and Illinois jointly accused the president's move of "violating the law, the constitution and democracy".

Cracking down on immigration was one of Trump's main campaign promises, and Miller, the deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor of the White House, was the main designer of the tough immigration policy.

According to The Wall Street Journal, as the number of immigrants deported each day was lower than that during the Biden administration last year, Miller ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May to increase deportation and raid efforts, which sparked public protests and subsequent military intervention. Trump's dispatch of troops was criticized as "dictatorship", and Miller argued that Trump was "fighting to save civilization".

Agence France-Presse reported that during Trump's first term, Miller's tough attitude towards immigrants made him an oddity, but now his views have become mainstream.