The protesters who were still out late on Monday evening had received an ultimatum from the police; to disperse, go home or risk being arrested, says a CNN correspondent on the scene in Los Angeles.
It was just a full bus from the Los Angeles police filled with people with their hands tied behind their backs. They were just driven away. We have another bus further down the street that is also starting to fill up, he says.
Earlier, the police had used rubber bullets and distraction grenades to disperse the demonstrations, which in turn threw objects at the police, including fireworks.
Retorts governor
The massive protests that have been ongoing in central Los Angeles since Friday are directed against the immigration authority ICE and its escalated raids on residents in areas dominated by Latin Americans. Donald Trump has taken a firm hand and is sending in the National Guard and the Marine Corps.
But the president's actions have upset California's governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, who is suing the government for violating the state's constitution.
Newsom announces that as governor on Monday, he has filed the lawsuit against Donald Trump and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, for the decision to order around 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles.
At the same time, government officials confirm that Trump has decided to double the strength of the National Guard to a total of around 4,000, writes the news agency AP.
”A dangerous president”
Newsom believes that Trump has broken the law by calling in the National Guard on his own, which is normally under the governor's command.
Regarding the 700 Marine Corps soldiers, Newsom writes that "they are heroes" who should not be used against the population "to fulfill a dictatorial president's crazy fantasy".
A government official tells AFP that the soldiers are to help protect federal officials and federal buildings.
Regarding the right to call in the National Guard for federal service, Trump's government refers to a provision of the law that may be relevant in the event of "uprising or danger of uprising".
"If we hadn't done it, Los Angeles would have been completely destroyed," Trump writes on Truth Social.
