Protests reveal population’s discontent with US government

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla stated that US government ignores economic and social basis

Protests against mass detentions of undocumented migrants continue for the third day in Los Angeles. Previously, White House Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops from California to Los Angeles to respond to the unrest.

Trump issued the directive without consulting California Governor Gavin Newsom. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller described the protests and riots in California as an uprising and criticized the stance of the Los Angeles police chief, who had refused to take part in mass migrant deportations.

Protests in Los Angeles show the systemic racism and xenophobia imposed by the US government and the population’s dissatisfaction with the authorities’ policy violating the rights of thousands of migrants.

“Protests in Los Angeles over raids on undocumented migrants evidence systemic racism and xenophobia established by the current US government which ignores economic and social basis of that nation, and popular discontent towards these measures which violate Human Rights of thousands of migrants,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla stated on X.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has demanded that US President Donald Trump’s administration cancel the memorandum on deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles to counter protest rallies that escalated into public disturbances and restore his authority over the National Guard within the state.

“I have formally requested the Trump administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command. We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty – inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California,” he wrote on the X social network.

He also posted a copy of an official letter from the governor’s office to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It criticizes Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard, brands the memorandum itself in circumvention of the governor’s office as “unlawful” and calls into question the rationality of reinforcements amid protest rallies in Los Angeles.

Earlier, Democrat governors from 22 states criticized Trump’s decision to deploy California National Guard troops to suppress the protests in Los Angeles. In their view, by threatening to send in Marines to handle the unrest, Trump is showing a lack of confidence in local law enforcement.

According to officials, two police officers were injured on Sunday during the Los Angeles protests. Law enforcement is working to clear the city’s main transport artery, a section of which remains blocked by demonstrators. Local reports say protesters have clashed with police, hurling bottles and stones, and have set fire to at least five motor vehicles.