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Judge Denies Newsom’s Bid to Limit National Guard as Trump Vows to ‘Liberate LA’ from ‘Third World Lawlessness’

by Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Staff

LOS ANGELES (Worthy News) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s bid to restrict the National Guard’s presence in Los Angeles to the immediate vicinity of federal buildings, allowing military reinforcements to remain active across broader areas of the city amid ongoing riots sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer declined to impose immediate limits on National Guard activity, instead calling for a hearing Thursday to evaluate arguments from both the state of California and the U.S. Department of Justice. Both sides have until 1:30 p.m. Thursday to submit their briefs, CNN reported. Breyer did not comment on the merits of the case, though the ruling preserves federal authority for now.

Trump Vows to “Liberate LA” from “Third World Lawlessness” as Tensions Escalate

The legal clash came just hours after President Donald Trump, speaking from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, vowed to “liberate Los Angeles” from what he described as “Third World lawlessness,” blaming city officials and sanctuary policies for the explosion of violence over the past five nights.

“Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and Third World lawlessness,” Trump said in a fiery address to U.S. troops. “Very simply, we will liberate Los Angeles and make it free, clean, and safe again.”

Defending his decision to deploy 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to Los Angeles, Trump warned that without military support, the city would be “burning” like it did during the wildfires of January. He added that the federal forces are there to protect ICE agents enforcing his mass deportation orders “from the attacks of a vicious and violent mob.”

The unrest began Friday following a wave of federal ICE raids targeting criminal illegal immigrants in Los Angeles, where local leaders have refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Protests quickly escalated into violence, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and waving foreign flags, most notably Mexican and Palestinian banners.

“This is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order, and on national sovereignty,” Trump declared. “Within the span of a few decades, Los Angeles has gone from being one of the cleanest, safest, and most beautiful cities on Earth to being a trash heap under the control of transnational gangs and criminal networks.”

The violence has prompted renewed calls from lawmakers, such as Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), for the president to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would permit federal troops to conduct law enforcement operations on domestic soil. Cotton argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the riots in Los Angeles, marked by the prominence of foreign flags, are “worse” than those seen in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd in 2020.

In response to the escalating crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a local emergency Tuesday night and announced a curfew for parts of downtown. “We reached a tipping point,” Bass said after revealing that 23 businesses were vandalized on Monday night alone.

As both legal and political battles intensify, the eyes of the nation remain fixed on Los Angeles—now ground zero in a conflict between federal enforcement and progressive resistance movement, with nationwide “No Kings Day” protests scheduled on June 14.

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