7-18-25 - IMMIGRATION, ICE

Soldados de la Guardia Nacional enviados a Los Ángeles para ayudar al ICE a realizar arrestos reportan una disidencia masiva contra sus superiores. La Línea Directa de Derechos de los Veteranos (GI Rights Hotline), una organización sin fines de lucro que brinda apoyo a militares, reportó que, mientras normalmente reciben alrededor de 200 llamadas mensuales para servicios de consejería, tan solo el domingo pasado recibieron 50 llamadas en un solo día. Steve Woolward, consejero de GI Rights Hotline, declaró a NBC News que la afluencia de llamadas proviene de soldados desplegados en Los Ángeles, así como de sus familiares, quienes se oponen éticamente a participar en las operaciones de deportación. El New York Times informó que al menos 105 soldados desplegados en Los Ángeles han buscado consejería de oficiales de salud mental. Otros oficiales dijeron que el descontento entre las tropas era tal que muchas estaban defecando en vehículos militares y regaderas en su base como protesta. En un incidente, un soldado latino les dijo a los oficiales que prefería ser arrestado antes que ser desplegado en Los Ángeles. Todavía hay alrededor de 2,000 soldados de la Guardia Nacional desplegados en el sur de California.

 

National Guard soldiers who were sent to Los Angeles to help ICE make arrests are reporting mass dissent against their superiors. The GI Rights Hotline, a non-profit organization that provides support for people in the military, has reported that while they normally receive around 200 calls per month for counseling services, this past Sunday alone they received 50 calls in one day. Steve Woolward, a counselor for the GI Rights Hotline, told NBC News that the influx of calls are from soldiers who have been deployed to Los Angeles, as well as their family members, who are ethically opposed to participating in the deportation operations. The New York Times has reported that at least 105 soldiers deployed to Los Angeles have sought counseling from behavior health officers. Other officers said that troops had become so disgruntled that many were defacating in military vehicles and showers at their base in protest. In one incident, a Latino soldier told officers he would rather be arrested than be deployed to Los Angeles. There are still about 2,000 National Guard soldiers deployed throughout Southern California.