United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk On Monday the American authorities urged to respect peaceful meeting rights and to avoid military violence against protesters against president Donald TrumpImmigration occur.
The warning comes as federal tensions escalate with 4,700 troops used in Los Angeles in the midst of eight days of demonstrations.
What happened: Turk told the UN -Human Rights Council in Geneva that the authorities “abandon resort to military violence when civil authorities are able to maintain public order,” Reuters reported.
His statement follows an unprecedented effort by American Marines who have held civil Marcos Leao, a veteran of the army, in the Wilshire Federal Building on Friday.
The incident marked the first known active military detention of a citizen in Los Angeles. Marines used ZIP tires to control Leao before transferring him to the custody of the Ministry of Interior Security.
Military Northern Command confirmed that active troops of active service individuals can temporarily retain under specific conditions before immediate transfer to civil law enforcement.
Currently, 200 Marines and 2,000 members of the National Guard Federal Assets in Los Angeles are protecting, with 500 extra marines and 2,000 Guard troops expected.
Immigration and customs enforcement operations arrest 2,000 immigration selections daily, which exceed the 311 daily average among former President Joe Biden.
Governor in California Gavin Newsom Complainted to block the military deployment and to call it an attack on democracy. A Federal Court of Appeal allowed Trump to maintain the control of the National Guard and to mark the first federal activation without gubernatorial permission since 1965. Los Angeles laid in the city in the city center with 197 arrests in one day.
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Why it matters: The Trump government reactivated the Alien Registration Act of the First World War, for which 3.2 million non-registered immigrants were needed to register with the government or to be prosecuted under the “mass self-declaration” strategy. The Ministry of Interior Security received 47,000 registrations since the enforcement of April started.
Californian Attorney General Rob Bonta Warned Federal Troop deployment could violate the Posse Commitatus Act of 1878, reducing military involvement in civil law enforcement. Former president Barack Obama Defended Daca recipients on Sunday, which states that families are “demonized and treated as enemies”.
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