Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican representing a southern border district, called recent protests in Los Angeles “tragic” but said he supports President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to the city while warning that Los Angeles is just “the tip of the iceberg” as the administration prepares to accelerate immigration deportations nationwide, The Hill reported.

Two thousand members of the California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area Sunday morning after Trump ordered their deployment to quell protests sparked by federal immigration raids in and around the city. The demonstrations, some of which turned confrontational, came in response to immigration sweeps last week.

In a Truth social post, Trump called the demonstrations “Radical Left protests” led by “instigators and often paid troublemakers,” signaling a hard stance against the unrest.

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