The California metropolis is rocked by clashes between police and demonstrators who have been protesting for three days against raids by immigration authorities that have arrested hundreds of people in recent weeks.
The situation in the city has been made even more delicate by Donald Trump's deployment of around 2,000 National Guard troops, who have already gone into action on Sunday afternoon, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
Ten protesters were arrested during clashes with police in downtown . The announcement was made by the city's police chief, Jim McDonnell, as reported by CNN. "Our job is not to divide communities or politicize law enforcement. Our job is simply to ensure everyone's safety," McDonnell said.
Meanwhile, several merchants have reported looting in their stores in the city's financial district, while clashes between the posters and the police continue. The Police Department announced this. "Officers are on their way to investigate," reads a statement published on X.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused Donald Trump of being a "dictator." "Inciting and provoking violence, creating mass chaos, militarizing cities, arresting opponents. These are the acts of a dictator, not a president," the Democrat blasted in a post on X.
The travel ban on citizens of 12 countries, issued last week by President Donald Trump, went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Washington time (6:01 a.m. EDT), according to the executive order. The order, made to "protect the United States from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security," applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
