Hi there and welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington.

As the White House warns of additional military deployments in American cities,

with pockets of unrest persisting in Los Angeles, ICE preparing to deploy

tactical units to major U.S. cities and protests against the administration's immigration

crackdown spreading across the country. At the White House today, press secretary Caroline Levin

doubled down on the president's harsh rhetoric.

The mob violence is being stomped out.

The criminals responsible will be swiftly brought to justice.

And the Trump administration's operations to arrest illegal aliens are continuing unabated.

The position of the Democrat Party is that the federal government is not allowed to enforce

our laws and to arrest and deport

illegal alien criminals.

They're attempting to use a violent mob as a weapon against their own constituents to prevent

the enforcement of immigration law.

This is deeply un-American and morally reprehensible.

Now, we should note there is no evidence that Democrats or any specific organization are behind the protests in Los Angeles or elsewhere.

And as we've been noting, the pockets of unrest have so far been contained to a small area in downtown Los Angeles.

But the comments came a day after President Trump in front of thousands of soldiers at Fort Bragg vowed to liberate Los Angeles

from what he described as an invasion.

Under the Trump administration, this anarchy will not stand. We will not allow federal

agents to be attacked, and we will not allow an American city to be invaded and conquered

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