President Donald Trump has vowed to restore order and ‘liberate Los Angeles’ from illegal aliens which have ‘invaded and occupied a once great American city.’
Trump issued an extraordinary directive on Sunday after the National Guard was forced to step in amid mounting civil unrest and pro-migrant riots throughout California following the detainment of dozens of immigrants on Friday.
A combined effort led by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi will restore order, Trump said.
Trump’s announcement was followed by a warning from the Los Angeles Police Department that the city has been placed on ‘tactical alert’, meaning all of the department’s officers are now on notice that they could be called up for service at any given moment.
Officers who are already on duty are not allowed to end their shift until they have been relieved by their commanders, and residents of Los Angeles are warned that low priority calls may go unanswered while the alert is ongoing.
