“In protests in Los Angeles we saw excessive use of force, utilization of the US National Guard, attacks on journalists, violation of migrants’ rights. But until now we have not seen condemnations of these acts from anti-Cuban politicians. Their hypocrisy is serious and sickening”, the Foreign Minister accused on X..

The protests and their federal response continue to escalate with calls for demonstrations in Atlanta, Burlington, and New York under slogans such as “Out with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)” and “Stop the deportations.”

Thousands of people took to the streets to express their rejection of the immigration policies of the Donald Trump administration, which the day before ordered the deployment of 2,000 additional National Guard members and some 700 Pentagon Marines.

Amid the vandalism and the use of force to repress demands for fair treatment of migrants, the president’s rhetoric is aimed at the governor of that western state, Gavin Newsom, and the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, whom he calls incompetent.

“The situation in Los Angeles looks very bad. SEND IN THE MILITARY!!!” Trump wrote on his own social media account, and threatened to “deploy the military everywhere. We will not allow this to happen to our country. We will not allow our country to be torn apart.”

Regarding the situation, Newsom sued the Republican administration for “deploying National Guards in a state, without consulting the governor of that state, is illegal and immoral.”

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