唐纳德·特朗普总统和他的政府官员警告说，动用军队应对抗议他的移民镇压可能不仅仅局限于洛杉矶，称这可能是“许多”的第一次，抗议者可能会遇到“同等或更大的力量”
特朗普周二在椭圆形办公室告诉记者，他的政府将严格执行驱逐政策，不会容忍针对ice官员的暴力抗议。
“这可能是许多次中的第一次，”特朗普谈到向洛杉矶部署4000名国民警卫队队员和700名海军陆战队队员时说，示威者在抗议活动中与执法部门发生冲突。
几天来，示威者与执法部门不时发生冲突，特朗普不顾加文·纽瑟姆州长的意愿，调用了国民警卫队，试图平息暴力，让移民执法工作继续进行。
“你知道，如果我们没有非常强烈地攻击这一次，你会在全国各地都有他们，但我可以告诉全国其他人，当他们这样做时，如果他们这样做，他们将会遇到同等或更大的力量，”特朗普继续说道。
总统发出威胁之际，加州领导人和22名民主党州长谴责特朗普展示武力是对该州主权的侵犯和挑衅性升级。
特朗普的话得到了回应证词由国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯在当天早些时候国会山的国会听证会上提出。
“因此，在洛杉矶，我们认为，作为联邦执法机构的ICE，有权在该国的任何州、任何管辖区安全地开展业务，”Hegseth说。“ICE特工应该被允许安全地执行他们的任务，我们已经部署了国民警卫队和海军陆战队来保护他们执行任务，因为我们应该能够强制执行...这个国家的移民法。”
总统暗示他愿意援引叛乱法案作为对抗议的回应。该法案授权总统在美国境内部署军队镇压叛乱或暴力。
根据特朗普目前的授权，国民警卫队和海军陆战队不得以执法身份行事，因为1878年的《治安委员会法案》(Posse Comitatus Act)。
特朗普说:“昨晚洛杉矶的一些地方你可以称之为暴动。”
特朗普在没有证据的情况下反复声称抗议者是“有偿叛乱者”。他谴责一些抗议者破坏街道，袭击国民警卫队成员。
尽管特朗普声称周一晚上发生了火灾和“糟糕的场景”，但并没有那么暴力。美国广播公司新闻观察到，警察在城市周围使用小冲突线和低致命性子弹移动抗议者几个小时，但与周末相比，没有出现大范围的暴力。
尽管特朗普声称洛杉矶“被围困”，但周日和周一的事件仅限于洛杉矶市中心相对较小的区域——大约10个街区。
到目前为止，国民警卫队在处理抗议活动中的存在和作用似乎微乎其微。
美国广播公司新闻观察到国民警卫队站在联邦大楼外，洛杉矶警察局和其他地方机构清理街道，并与抗议者互动。
从周一开始，政府没有立即提供警卫行动的细节。
包括众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊和参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩在内的国会共和党人支持总统在这种情况下动用军队。
图恩星期二告诉记者说:“显然，不管出于什么原因，那里的地方官员似乎不能胜任完成那里的工作。”。
尽管参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)表示，“骚乱中的暴力令人发指”，但他称特朗普出兵的命令是“挑衅性的”和“危险的”。
“这真的威胁到我们民主的基石，”这位纽约民主党人说。
特朗普表示，国民警卫队将在洛杉矶地区“直到没有危险”，拒绝给出结束部署的时间表。
“这很容易。听着，这是常识。…当没有危险时，他们就会离开，”他说。
Trump warns that LA military deployment could be first 'of many' in response to ICE protests
President Donald Trump and his administration officials warned that the use of the military in response toprotests against his immigration crackdownmay not be limited to justLos Angeles, saying it could be the first "of many" -- and that protesters could be met with "equal or greater force."
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that his administration was going to enforce its deportation policy strictly and that it would not tolerate violent protests against ICE officers.
"This is the first, perhaps, of many," Trump said of the deployment of 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to Los Angeles as demonstrators clash with law enforcement amid the protests.
Demonstrators have clashed with law enforcement sporadically for days, and Trump called in the National Guard, against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wishes, in an attempt to quell the violence and allow immigration enforcement to continue.
"You know, if we didn't attack this one very strongly, you'd have them all over the country, but I can inform the rest of the country, that when they do it, if they do it, they're going to be met with equal or greater force," Trump continued.
The president's threats come as California's leaders and 22 Democratic governors decry Trump's show of force as a breach of the state's sovereignty and a provocative escalation.
Trump's words were echoed intestimonygiven by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill earlier in the day.
"So in Los Angeles, we believe that ICE, which is a federal law enforcement agency, has the right to safely conduct operations in any state, in any jurisdiction in the country," Hegseth said. "ICE agents should be allowed to be safe and doing their operations, and we have deployed National Guard and the Marines to protect them in the execution of their duties, because we ought to be able to enforce ... immigration law in this country."
The president suggested he is open to invokingthe Insurrection Actin response to the protests. The act authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the United States to suppress rebellion or violence.
The National Guard and Marines, under Trump's current authorization, are not allowed to act in a law enforcement capacity because of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.
"There were areas of Los Angeles last night where you could call it an insurrection," Trump said.
Trump repeated claims, without evidence, that the protesters are "paid insurrectionists." He decried some protesters who were damaging streets and targeting members of the National Guard.
Despite claims from Trump that there were fires and "bad scenes" on Monday night, there wasn't anything all that violent. ABC News observed police moved protesters using skirmish lines and less lethal rounds around the city for a few hours, but there was no widespread violence compared to the weekend.
And although Trump claimed that Los Angeles was "under siege," the incidents had been confined on Sunday and Monday to a relatively small area of downtown Los Angeles -- about a 10-block area.
So far, the National Guard's presence and role in handling the protests appears to have been minimal.
ABC News observed National Guard troops standing outside of a federal building and the Los Angeles Police Department and other local agencies clearing the streets and interacting with protesters.
The administration has not immediately provided details about the guardsman's actions from Monday.
Congressional Republicans -- including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune -- backed the president's use of the military in the situation.
"Clearly, the local officials there, for whatever reason, didn't seem up to the task of getting the job done there," Thune told reporters Tuesday.
Although Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "violence in the riots is outrageous," he called Trump's order to send in troops "provocative" and "dangerous."
"It really threatens the bedrock of our democracy," the New York Democrat said.
Trump said the National Guard will be in the Los Angeles area "until there's no danger," declining to put a timetable on ending the deployment.
"It's easy. Look, it's common sense. … When there's no danger, they'll leave," he said.
