The Government of President Donald Trump announced that this Monday it sent another 2,000 soldiers of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, to suppress the protest marches that began last Friday after 44 arrests made by agents of the Immigration Service in that city of California.

With this new group, 5,000 troops would be deployed in the city, intensifying tensions with Governor Gavin Newsom and civil rights advocates.

It was Newsom himself who announced the deployment of the other 2,000 soldiers in a message on his social networks, after being informed by the White House.

Trump had announced last Saturday the deployment of 2,000 members of the California National Guard, without the approval of the state governor, who is the one who has these troops, which is the first time in 60 years that the US Executive has imposed itself in this way.

The Republican has insisted on his criticism of Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, whom he accused of not being able to do their jobs, so "the Federal Government will intervene and solve the problem of riots and looting, as it should be!".

In addition, the nearly 5,000 California National Guard troops will join a U.S. Marine Corps battalion under the guise of containing protests against recent immigration raids, the Department of Defense said. "Approximately 700 Marines" will join the National Guard forces "protecting federal personnel and property in the greater Los Angeles area," the Pentagon said in a statement. The troops will be assigned to guard federal buildings in the city. Currently, only a few dozen troops are assigned to guard the federal complex in downtown Los Angeles, which includes the immigration detention center.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the immigration courts located at the federal complex suspended public service on Monday while the fourth day of protests took place. Monday's protests were less crowded and continued without incident until the afternoon.