The Department of Homeland Security on Monday called on California’s politicians to “call off their rioting mob,” asking why Gov. Gavin Newsom was supporting what the department called “foreign criminals.”
The department posted on X after Los Angeles saw three days of unrest and confrontations between anti-ICE rioters and law enforcement.
The post included a video which shows a masked, shirtless man holding a Mexican flag while standing on top of a vehicle covered in graffiti. A second vehicle is seen burning in the middle of a street as crowds of people gathered nearby.
“California politicians must call off their rioting mob,” the department wrote. “Federal law enforcement are working to protect and safeguard American citizens from criminal illegal aliens.”
“Why is California’s governor siding with foreign criminals?” the department added.
The riots come in response to sweeping immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. Federal immigration authorities have said some of the migrants arrested last week had criminal histories that included assault and drug offenses.
Newsom has sparred with President Donald Trump over federalizing the National Guard and the president’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
The Trump administration has said the troops would protect buildings and the community.
Newsom has accused Trump of “fanning the flames,” and called on the president to return command of the National Guard to him.
Source: Fox News