D. Trump has made the expulsion of immigrants a core part of his policy, threatening to expel millions of them, which he has already begun to do under dubious legal and, above all, inhumane conditions. This policy, which accentuates that of his predecessors, has the primary objective of terrorizing a relatively fragile population, indispensable to the American economy and which must be brought into line by transforming it into a scapegoat for the crisis of American capitalism.
The choice of method is not trivial and highlights the class nature of the operation. Indeed, it was in the working-class town of Paramount in Los Angeles County that immigration agents came en masse to round up immigrant workers, mainly Hispanic, outside a building materials and DIY store. This is where immigrants come to be hired every day, hoping to find an illegal job that will allow them to live...or survive. It is also a characteristic of this immigration to serve in small jobs. This division of tasks, so to speak, is not specific to the United States; in France too, immigrants, legal or not, often serve as unskilled labor, all the more poorly paid as their status is more precarious.
It was in protesting these roundups that the demonstrations against the deportation policy began. It should be noted that, despite denials by Democratic Party Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, the city's police department was involved in these roundups. These largely peaceful demonstrations demanding the release of the rounded-up immigrants served as a pretext for D. Trump to increase the pressure by sending the National Guard and now the army against the demonstrators. To clearly demonstrate the class choice of using violence against a destitute population, he stated: " These far-left demonstrations by instigators and troublemakers, often paid, will not be tolerated ," adding that he must deport 21 million illegal immigrants.
While a portion of the population in the middle and upper middle classes, and especially among employers, takes advantage of immigrant workers by exploiting them outrageously, a recent CBS News poll seems to support Trump, with 54% agreeing with his actions.
The deployment of the National Guard, now 4,000 men, and the army is the subject of a dispute between local authorities under the Democratic Party and the federal state dominated by the Republican Party. While the latter speaks of " anarchy " regarding the situation in Los Angeles, local authorities respond with " inflammatory decisions ." From this situation, many observers draw the conclusion that the confrontation between the state of California and the central government could be the prelude to a major political and institutional crisis. However, judging by the Democratic Party's lack of response, it is a safe bet that it will not fundamentally challenge D. Trump's policies. This is indeed one of the characteristics of the political apparatus of the US ruling classes: that they do not have, except at the margins, any fundamental challenge to their power. Let us remember that the 1992 riots in Los Angeles, which left 60 dead, 2,300 injured and led to 13,000 arrests, did not lead to any significant change, due to the lack of political prospects for reversing the state of affairs.