Description: The Pentagon announced the withdrawal of two thousand National Guard troops from Los Angeles, following the several weeks of anti – immigration protests in the city. US Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth stated that the security situation has been relatively stable in the past week which prompted the Pentagon to initiate the withdrawal of the National Guard troops, leaving the 700 Marines and the other two thousand National Guard troops safeguarding against renewed violent demonstrations. Trump’s deployment of US military on American soil instigated in depth political debates and confrontations between the country’s two largest parties with the Democrats accusing the governing Republican establishment of monopolizing power and unilaterally circumventing legislature while deploying the Marines and the National Guard.
Impact: The withdrawal of military troops indicates the situation with the anti – immigration protests in Los Angeles has been relatively stabilized, however, concerns over the legality and the combination of public and political negative optics remained active. Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in Los Angeles was precipitated by widespread violent demonstrations which have reportedly demonstrated vulnerabilities in capacity and capabilities of tackling the crisis within the local law enforcement in the city. The anti – immigration protests exhibited the internal civilian and political crisis the US is currently facing, with the Republican party being able to dictate law and exercise influence and power in every government establishment. By effectively suppressing the protests in a repressive manner, the Trump administration would feel emboldened to enforce predominance of federal authority over the local government in every other future socio – economic dispute it faces.