Trump Jr.’s reckless rhetoric

As tensions escalate in Los Angeles over the U.S. federal government's aggressive immigration enforcement policies, the city is once again teetering on the brink of widespread unrest. Protesters have taken to the streets in response to recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting undocumented immigrants, particularly in sanctuary cities like LA. Highways have been blocked, cars torched and hundreds of protesters arrested amid an ongoing curfew. President Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops — without a formal request from California’s governor — has only intensified the standoff, fueling fears of further militarization and civil conflict. Concern is growing for LA’s Koreatown, situated mere kilometers from the epicenter of the protests. Home to a large Korean American population and frequented by South Korean tourists, the neighborhood remains in a state of heightened anxiety. The parallels to the 1992 LA riots — when Korean-owned businesses were disproportionately targeted in a wave of violence — are becoming uncomfortaWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times