The White House said that more than 330 illegal immigrants were arrested for being involved in rioting in Los Angeles over the past several days and will now be deported from the United States.
In a news conference on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said 113 of them “had prior criminal convictions.”
She said that, overall, 157 people have been arrested for assault and obstruction-related charges, and that includes illegal immigrants and American citizens.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said two people were arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at officers during the recent “civil unrest” in downtown Los Angeles, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Leavitt accused one of them of attempted murder of an officer….