LA mayor enforces curfew due to immigration rallies
(MENAFN) Amid widespread protests in response to ongoing immigration raids, the mayor of Los Angeles has imposed an overnight curfew in the downtown area to prevent further confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement.
In a statement shared on social media, the mayor declared, "I issued a curfew starting tonight at 8pm for Downtown Los Angeles to stop bad actors who are taking advantage of the President's chaotic escalation. If you do not live or work in Downtown L.A., avoid the area. Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew, and you will be prosecuted."
The curfew is set to be enforced until 6 am local time the following morning, with the possibility of extension over several days, as the mayor explained during a press conference. It covers an area of roughly one square mile encompassing the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and City Hall.
Earlier that day, the President vowed to "liberate" Los Angeles during remarks at a military installation in North Carolina, describing the protests as "a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion of our country."
He also criticized California’s governor and the mayor, accusing them of being "incompetent" and alleging that they had "paid troublemakers, agitators and insurrectionists. They're engaged in this willful attempt to nullify federal law and aid the occupation of the city by criminal invaders," according to the President’s statements.
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