Los Angeles Protests Highlights: California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)Los Angeles Protests Highlights: Donald Trump’s administration is ‘not scared to go further’ according to one official as Defence Secretary Pete Hegsmith warns that increasing government intervention should set a precedent for federal responses in other states.
Trump vs Newsom: After President Donald Trump deployed 4,000 national Guard troops and about 700 Marines in Los Angeles to protect federal properties and law enforcement officials and maintain law and order, California Governor Gavin Newsom moved the court to immediately restrain the Trump administration from the deployment. Trump said he spoke with Newsom over the weekend however, in a post on X, Newsom denied receiving the call.When asked if he would consider arresting Newsom, Trump responded, “Well, he’s not doing a good job—you know, arrest, what does that mean?”
National Guard & Marines in LA: Reports suggest 4,000 National Guards have been deployed by the Trump administration in Los Angeles, and a US official said that there were approximately 2,100 National Guard troops in the Greater Los Angeles area on Tuesday. The Pentagon also deployed 700 Marines in LA downtown. The deployment of Marines in LA would be the first instance when the troops be mobilised inside the United States to respond to a civil unrest in over three decades. Trump said he feels more confident in deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles during his second term—something he might have hesitated to do in his first.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Wednesday that President Trump’s order to federalise the National Guard was partly aimed at setting a precedent for similar actions in other states.
A US military official says troops in Los Angeles permitted to temporarily hold individuals until police arrive to make arrests.
Mexico’s president confirmed that 61 Mexican nationals have been detained in Los Angeles, though she did not clarify whether the arrests were related to immigration raids or protest activity.
A Mexican national with a criminal record who had been deported in the past has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during anti-ICE protests.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that ICE agents in Los Angeles arrested Emiliano Garduno-Galvez, identifying him as the suspect seen in video footage throwing the incendiary device.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says deployment is about maintaining law and order
The 700 Marines deployed to the Los Angeles area on Monday night are still in training as of Wednesday morning, and it remains unclear when they will be sent onto the streets to assist with protests, according to a U.S. Northern Command spokesperson.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration “is not scared to go further” in expanding its legal authorities to deploy troops in Los Angeles.
“Right now in California, we’re at a good point. We’re not scared to go further. We’re not frightened to do something else if we need to,” she said while responding to questions from CNN at the White House about the threshold for invoking the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy military forces to address an insurrection or rebellion on U.S. soil.
Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew Tuesday night, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Members of the National Guard stood watch behind plastic shields, but did not appear to participate in the arrests. Hours later, many of the protesters had dispersed, although sporadic confrontations continued that were much smaller than in previous nights.
Officials said the curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier accused Trump of drawing a “military dragnet” across the nation’s second-largest city with his escalating use of the National Guard. He also deployed Marines, though none were seen on the streets Tuesday. Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protection around agents as they carried out arrests.
He said it would only heighten tensions and promote civil unrest. The judge set a hearing for Thursday, giving the administration several days to continue those activities. The change moves troops closer to engaging in law enforcement actions like deportations as Trump has promised as part of his administration’s immigration crackdown. The Guard has the authority to temporarily detain people who attack officers but any arrests ultimately would be made by law enforcement.
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A massive law enforcement officers are present at the Los Angeles downtown and making arrests and detaining protesters as curfew remains in place. But there is no presence of National Guards and US Marines who had earlier been deployed by the US President Donald Trump's administration, a BBC report stated.
US President Donald Trump warned people on Tuesday against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the US Army's 250th anniversary. "For those people that want to protest, they're going to be met with very big force," Trump told reporters in the White House's Oval Office. Law enforcement agencies are preparing for hundreds of thousands of people to attend Saturday's parade, US Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool said on Monday.
McCool said thousands of agents, officers and specialists will be deployed from law enforcement agencies from across the country. The FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department have said there are no credible threats to the event. At least nine permits have been issued for protests on that day, a US Secret Service spokesperson said on Tuesday.
In unscheduled Oval Office remarks, Trump discussed his decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles after protests erupted in response to federal immigration raids at workplaces there. Trump defended his decision to take that rare step and said troops were necessary to contain the unrest, despite objections from local and state officials that they were needed.
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Jacob Vasquez began working at a clothing warehouse in Los Angeles soon after arriving from Mexico less than three years ago. He is among dozens of workers detained by federal immigration authorities in a series of raids in LA's fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California. More than 100 people have been detained.
The raids have triggered days of turbulent protests across the city and beyond and led President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops and Marines to the LA area, the latest development in the administration's immigration crackdown. Protests in the city's downtown have ranged from peaceful to raucous, with demonstrators blocking a major freeway and setting cars on fire over the weekend.
Immigrant advocates say the workers who were detained do not have criminal histories and are being denied their due process rights. Vasquez has a three-month-old baby, according to his family who spoke to reporters outside the Ambiance Apparel warehouse, a clothing company founded in 1999, and where the young father worked. “Jacob is a family man and the sole breadwinner of his household,” said his brother Gabriel, speaking in Spanish during a news conference Monday. He doesn't know if he's OK, he later said in an interview. “We don't know where he is.”
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The anti-immigration protests against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have spread across the United States and till now, demonstrations have been reported from 10 American cities.
Here is a list of 10 US cities which are currently holding protests against immigration raids:
The Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that members of the Texas National Guards will be deployed in the state ahead of the scheduled protests this week. A CNN report stated that South Texas organizations are poised to hold rallies and demonstrations against anti-immigration raids on Wednesday and Saturday.
In a post on X, Abbott said “Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal and will lead to arrest.” The Republican governor added the "National the Guards will use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order.”
The Los Angeles police have been clearing the downtown area where the curfew has been imposed and firing rubber bullets in round after round, a BBC report suggests.
The curfew was imposed in the downtown area of Los Angeles from 8pm on Tuesday and will remain in place till 6am on Wednesday, as announced by Mayor Karen Bass.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has confirmed multiple arrests being made amid the protests against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in New York on Tuesday night.
The protests were largely peaceful as reported by local media and a couple of thousands of protesters were seen to be gathered around lower Manhattan.
The NYPD, in a statement said "Upon arrival, officers observed multiple individuals sitting in the roadway, blocking vehicular traffic. The demonstrators were instructed verbally numerous times to vacate the roadway and did not comply. As a result, multiple individuals were taken into custody," BBC reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department has announced that it is conducting "mass arrests" in downtown area after a partial curfew was imposed by Mayor Karen Bass from 8pm onwards on Tuesday.
In a post on X, the LAPD said "Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect."
The "mass arrests" are taking place in the downtown region as protesters and demonstrators continued to agitate in open against the immigration raids being carried out by law enforcement officials.
Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend. From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.
While many have been peaceful, some have resulted in clashes with law enforcement as officers made arrests and used chemical irritants to disperse crowds. Activists are planning more and even larger demonstrations in the coming days, with “No Kings” events across the country on Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade through Washington.
The Trump administration said it would continue its program of raids and deportations despite the protests. “ICE will continue to enforce the law,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted Tuesday on social media.
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After curfew kicked in downtown Los Angeles from 8pm onwards on Tuesday, the LA Police department has started detaining protesters and demonstrators defying the law.
A person was seen being physically restrained and placed on the ground by law enforcement officials, CNN reported. Reports suggest a helicopter from California Highway Patrol is also flying 1,000 feet above the Los Angeles downtown area, where the curfew has been imposed.
Los Angeles leaders imposed a downtown curfew Tuesday on the fifth day of protests against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown as his use of the National Guard escalated and the governor accused him of drawing a “military dragnet” across the nation's second-largest city. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protection around agents as they carried out arrests.
He said it would only heighten tensions and promote civil unrest. The judge chose not to rule immediately, giving the administration several days to continue those activities before a hearing Thursday. The change moves troops closer to engaging in law enforcement actions like deportations as Trump has promised as part of his administration’s immigration crackdown. The Guard has the authority to temporarily detain people who attack officers but any arrests ultimately would be made by law enforcement.
Trump has activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines over the objections of city and state leaders, though the Marines have not yet been spotted in Los Angeles and Guard troops have had limited engagement with protesters. They were originally deployed to protect federal buildings.As the curfew went into effect, a police helicopter flew over downtown federal buildings that have been the center of protests and ordered people to leave the area. Riot police on horses and foot surrounded a group of a few hundred that had gathered in the area, shouting: “Move!”
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After California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed the state on Tuesday night over immigration protests and called the aggressive tactics being used by President Donald Trump as an "assault on democracy", the White House has reacted to it and Trump administration officials have taken a jibe over Newsom's speech.
White House Director of Communications Steven Chung posted on X, “NewScum must’ve hired Kamala and Biden’s loser campaign team because he saying this is a ‘threat to democracy."
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said "Newsom playbook 101: blaming his own incompetence on President Trump. Lame and predictable!”
Shortly after the partial curfew began in Los Angeles downtown area at 8pm on Tuesday, a lot of people were seen to be in cars and seemingly shocked that it was illegal to be out there due to a curfew being imposed in the city.
Protesters and demonstrators are still on ground even after the curfew came into effect in LA downtown area after Mayor Karen Bass announced it on Tuesday evening.
The Los Angeles government has sent out an alert regarding the partial curfew being imposed in the city from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday.
The alert sent by LA authorities read, "The City of Los Angeles has declared that a curfew is in place from 8pm to 6am...Travelling to and from work, seeking or giving emergency care, and emergency responders are exempt."
After Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced to impose curfew in LA downtown area, the partial curfew came into effect at 8pm on Tuesday night. The curfew has been imposed the area of the city where the demonstration has been concentrated.
The curfew is set to continue the entire night and would end at 6am on Wednesday. The curfew would affect less than 100,000 people in Los Angeles, a city which houses 4 million residents, a law enforcement official stated.
The Los Angeles Police have blocked the protesters from reaching the federal building in downtown Manhattan and have surrounded the demonstrators in Foley Square. The federal building in Manhattan houses the office of US Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) which is carrying out the immigrations raids in the city.
At about 10:30pm, the police were seen blocking a group of protesters while they were approaching the federal building and police made several arrests at the spot, CNN reported.
After Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a partial curfew to be imposed in LA downtown area from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday, officials who implemented the curfew have reportedly said that it would impact less than 100,000 residents in the city which has over 4 million population.
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said residents of the impact area will be exempt from the curfew, CNN reported.
California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed the state on the anti-immigration raids protest and appealed the demonstrators to be peaceful, while criticising President Donald Trump for inflaming the situation.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday. The Democratic governor's remarks come after Trump ordered the deployment of nearly 5,000 troops, including National Guard and Marines, to the nation’s second-largest city. They were deployed to protect federal buildings but are now also protecting immigration agents as they carry out arrests.
Photos posted Tuesday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement show National Guard troops standing guard around officers as they made arrests. ICE said in a statement that the troops were providing security at federal facilities and protecting federal officers “who are out on daily enforcement operations.” The change moves troops closer to engaging in law enforcement actions like deportations as Trump has promised as part of the administration’s immigration crackdown.
The Guard has the authority to temporarily detain people who attack officers but any arrests ultimately would be made by law enforcement. Newsom said Trump’s immigration crackdown has gone well beyond arresting criminals and that “dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers and seamstresses" are among those being detained. He said Trump’s decision to deploy the California National Guard without his support should be a warning to other states. “California may be first but it clearly won’t end here,” Newsom said.
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During an address to California state, Governor Gavin Newsom accused the President Donald Trump's administration of focusing on mass deportations instead of targeting undocumented immigrants and criminals.
The Trump administration is “indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families regardless of their roots or risk,” Governor Newsom said on Tuesday.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has urged President Donald Trump to stop the immigration raids being conducted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. "I think about the families who are afraid to go to work and go to school," she said.
Mayor Bass said to look at the contribution that the immigrant population makes to the local economy of the United States. "When you frighten immigrants and they don't want to come to work, you are hitting at the heart of our local economy," Mayor Bass said.
A federal judge has denied to pass an immediate restraining order against US President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guards in Los Angeles to quell the anti-immigration raids protest.
The plea was filed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has called the deployment of troops as "politically motivated and illegal". The judge has said to hear the arguments in the matter on Thursday.
About 700 US Marines have also reached Los Angeles on the orders of President Trump and are waiting to be deployed in city sites.
The officials in Los Angeles have said that approximately 23 businesses were looted during the protests and demonstration against the immigration raids being carried out by federal officers this week.
Mayor Karen Bass, who announced a curfew in downtown LA on Tuesday evening, said the "violence" is one of the contributing reasons the city leaders decided to put a curfew in place.
"A curfew has been in consideration for several days. But clearly after the violence that took place last night, 23 businesses looted and just the extensive widespread nature of the vandalism, we reached a tipping point," Mayor Bass said, reported CNN.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass informed the state that a curfew has been imposed in the downtown LA region from Tuesday 8pm onwards in order "to stop the vandalism, and to stop the looting."
During a press briefing on Tuesday evening, Mayor Bass said that a local emergency curfew will be in place in LA downtown from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday.
The curfew will be in place in a 1 square mile (2.59 square kilometre) section of downtown that includes the area where protests have occurred since Friday, Bass said.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass informed the state of California that there will be a local emergency curfew in the downtown LA region tonight, from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday.
Further, the Los Angeles Police Department chief informed that 197 people have been arrested due to several law violations on Tuesday.
The United States Marines have arrived in Los Angeles on Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of troops in the city due to raging anti-immigration protests in LA downtown. The Marines await for their deployment to the city sites.
US Marines are in LA to aid the 4,000 National Guards already deployed by President Trump against the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has alleged that the deployments are "politically motivated and illegal".
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced that the authorities intend to impose curfew in LA but clarified that any curfew would not affect the entire LA downtown area.
Mayor Bass would meet the Los Angeles Police Department chief soon and discuss the possibility of imposing curfew amid anti-immigration protests in the city.
US President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in Congress includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration’s mass deportation agenda. Republican leaders capitalized Tuesday on the demonstrations in Los Angeles, where groups of protesters are demonstrating against Trump’s immigration raids at Home Depot and other places where migrants congregate, to make the case for swift passage of their sprawling 1,000-plus-page bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers “much-needed reinforcements,” including 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, $45 billion to expand migrant detention facilities and billions more to carry out at least 1 million deportations” every single year.” “All you have to do is look at what’s happening in Los Angeles to realize that our law enforcement needs all the support that we can possibly give them,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
The focus on some $350 billion in national security funding comes as action on the massive package is lumbering along in Congress at a critical moment. Trump wants the bill on his desk by the Fourth of July.
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US President Donald Trump used a speech honoring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in a confrontation over his immigration policy, a move critics have decried as a politically motivated over-reaction.
"Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and third-world lawlessness," Trump told soldiers at the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "What you're witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags," Trump said, adding his administration would "liberate Los Angeles."
Trump's visit to Fort Bragg, home to some 50,000 active-duty soldiers, followed his move to deploy 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles in an escalating response to street protests over his immigration policies. The Republican president said the military deployment was needed to protect federal property and personnel. California's Democratic-led government has sued to block Trump's move, calling it an abuse of power and an unnecessary provocation.
Street demonstrations have been underway since Friday, when activists clashed with sheriff's deputies. Los Angeles officials have said the unrest has been limited to a few downtown blocks and that the majority of demonstrators are protesting peacefully in support of immigrants.
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Faith leaders from diverse religious backgrounds are gathering for a candlelight vigil and procession in downtown Los Angeles to advocate for an end to violent immigration raids and protection of immigrant families in LA County.
The event, organized by community leaders including Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, and Valarie Kaur, also criticizes President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and Marines, which they believe will only escalate violence.-CNN
The majority of the 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 US Marines deployed to Los Angeles will likely remain out of public sight unless needed to quell violence, according to a source familiar with the operation.
While some National Guard members are visibly guarding a federal building in downtown LA, most troops have stayed at a nearby installation. Newly arriving Marines may be stationed near the federal building to protect property and support immigration operations. _CNN
California has asked a federal judge for an emergency order to temporarily block the Trump administration from using the state's National Guard to enforce laws, citing concerns over immigration enforcement and potential harm to civilians.
The state argues that President Trump's decision to federalize the National Guard is "unlawful, immoral, and unconstitutional," and seeks to prevent Guard troops and Marines from being used for law enforcement purposes on city streets.-CNN
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is considering a curfew to quell growing unrest in downtown LA. Bass will meet with LAPD Chief later today to discuss the possibility, emphasizing prevention of further unrest. She had a preliminary discussion with the chief earlier today about implementing a curfew. This move comes after protests and demonstrations turned violent, prompting concerns about public safety.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass plans to contact President Donald Trump to urge him to stop immigration raids in the city, citing concerns about fear and chaos among residents. "I'm going to put out a call to him today. I want to tell him to stop the raids," Bass said, emphasizing the city's identity as a community of immigrants.-Reuters
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has warned that those involved in vandalism and violence during ongoing protests will face prosecution. "I do not believe that individuals that commit vandalism and violence in our city really are in support of immigrants. They have another agenda," Bass told reporters, according to CNN.
She emphasized that genuine support for immigrants doesn't involve destructive acts like vandalism, adding that investigations will be conducted and arrests made.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has stated that she's only aware of one possible rally happening today, but details are scarce. "As far as we know, there might be one rally today, but we don’t believe there’s going to be a series of them," Bass told reporters.
Meanwhile, she'll be attending an interfaith vigil tonight at 6 p.m. local time, calling for peace, unity, and support for immigrant Angelenos. This comes after over 100 arrests were made on Monday night in Los Angeles due to "fringe groups" continuing late-night protests.-CNN
President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration's aggressive immigration enforcement strategy will continue in cities across the US, despite widespread protests.
Trump's comments come after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Los Angeles to protest ICE raids and the deployment of National Guard troops without state consent. "We're gonna get them out, we're getting them out," Trump said, adding that protests would be met with "equal or greater force".
This stance has sparked controversy and raised questions about the balance between enforcing immigration laws and respecting the rights of immigrant communities. -CNN
California Governor Gavin Newsom is disputing President Donald Trump's claim that they spoke recently, saying "there was no call. Not even a voicemail," from the President.
Trump had stated he last spoke to Newsom "a day ago" and claimed he told Newsom to "do a better job" amid protests in Los Angeles. Newsom fired back on X, "Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to".
This exchange highlights the growing tension between the two leaders over Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
Reporter: When is last time you spoke with Governor Newsom?
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2025
President Trump: A day ago. Called him up to tell him, got to do a better job, he's doing a bad job. Causing a lot of death and potential death pic.twitter.com/BXa7PUUZCk
President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to potential protesters attending the US Army's 250th birthday celebration in Washington, stating they will face significant force if they demonstrate.
"For those people that want to protest, they're going to be met with very big force," Trump said, characterizing protesters as individuals who "hate our country".
The event's security preparations include closing multiple DC streets and deploying thousands of police officers and federal agents, coinciding with Trump's 79th birthday.
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President Donald Trump said the National Guard will remain in Los Angeles "until there's no danger," refusing to specify when the deployment will end amid ongoing protests against his administration's immigration policies. Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members on Saturday, which he later doubled to 4,000, with an additional 700 Marines mobilized.
This move has been met with opposition from California's Democratic leaders, including Governor Gavin Newsom, who criticized the deployment as "unnecessary" and "inflaming tensions".
Trump argued that without the National Guard, the situation would have escalated into "a horrible situation" with significant loss of life and property. -CNN
A top Pentagon official told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the deployment of 700 Marines and 4000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles will cost about $134 million, mainly for travel, housing and food, as per NYT.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to say whether he agreed with President Donald Trump's call for the arrest of California Governor Gavin Newsom over his response to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.
“That’s not my lane,” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday, NYT reported.
“I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I’ll say that.”
The US Northern Command as per a report by NYT, has confirmed that the 700 Marines, deployed by President Trump had arrived in “the greater LA area” on Tuesday. However, their exact location was yet not clear.
Amid Trump administration’s decision to deploy 700 active-duty Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to the Los Angeles, Defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Tuesday, will make appearance before the House committee over the Signal group chat leak of March.
As per a report by NYT, Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota of the committee, criticised the Trump administration’s decision to deploy Marines, calling it “downright escalatory.”
“Active-duty military has absolutely no role in domestic law enforcement, and they are not trained for those missions,” McCollum was quoted as saying by NYT.
More than a dozen protesters were arrested during demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday.
In a post on X, Abbott said that the Austin Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety made the arrests during Monday night's protests.
“Peaceful protesting is legal. But once you cross the line, you will be arrested,” the governor added.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsBetween the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety, more than a dozen protesters were arrested in Austin.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 10, 2025
Peaceful protesting is legal.
But once you cross the line, you will be arrested.
FAFO. @TxDPS
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that he had spoken to the Trump administration about Lauren Tomasi, the Australian television reporter covering the unrest in LA, who was hit with a crowd-control munition by a law enforcement officer on Sunday, NYT reported.
At a news conference, Albanese described the footage of the incident as “horrific,” adding, “We don’t find it acceptable that it occurred, and we think the role of the media is particularly important.”
US President Donald Trump Tuesday defended his decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE protests, even after opposition from California Governor Gavin Newsom.
In a post on on Truth Social, he wrote, “If I didn’t “SEND IN THE TROOPS” to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. due to an incompetent Governor and Mayor.”
After President Trump authorised the deployment of a battalion of 700 Marines to Los Angeles, City's police chief Jim McDonnell said in a statemen said that the arrival had not been formally notified to them.
The Marines’ arrival without coordinating with the police department would present a “significant logistical and operational challenge,”he added, The Guardian reported.
Meanwhile, as per reports, Monday’s demonstrations were far less raucous, with thousands peacefully attending a rally at City Hall and hundreds protesting outside a federal complex that includes a detention center where some immigrants are being held after workplace raids across the city.
President Donald Trump will address US soldiers on Tuesday, during a scheduled visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, news agency Reuters reported. Home to around 50,000 active-duty soldiers, Trump will visit Fort Bragg for a long-scheduled commemorations of the US Army’s 250th anniversary ahead of a major parade in Washington on Saturday.
The visit by president comes after his administration deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles in an escalating response to street protests over his immigration policies.
Police in Los Angeles deployed a range of less-lethal weapons to quell protests that turned violent, including flash-bangs, tear gas, pepper balls, rubber bullets, and beanbag rounds, alongside batons, CNN reported.
These tools, designed to incapacitate while minimizing fatalities, can still cause significant injuries, as seen during the 2020 George Floyd protests. Batons, rubber bullets, and beanbag rounds deliver blunt force, while tear gas, pepper spray, and pepper balls irritate the senses. Flash-bangs emit blinding light and deafening sound to disorient crowds. Authorities continue to rely on these methods to manage unrest, despite risks of injury.
Thousands took to the streets in San Francisco on Monday night in a show of protest against ICE.
The police said the protests were “overwhelmingly peaceful.”
Protesters marched through San Francisco’s Civic Center and Mission neighbourhoods and expressed solidarity with immigrant communities, according to CNN affiliate KGO reports.
“At the very end of the night, two small groups broke off and committed vandalism and other criminal acts,” the San Francisco Police Department said in a statement on X.
Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopters hovered and circled the Boyle Heights and Little Tokyo throughout Monday, CNN reported, citing data from Flightradar24.
Earlier, a plane deployed by the California Highway Patrol, along with several helicopters, was hovering over the downtown area.
President Donald Trump plans to speak at Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army as he deploys the military in an attempt to quiet immigration protests in Los Angeles. Fort Bragg, located near Fayetteville, North Carolina, serves as headquarters for U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Highly trained units like the Green Berets and the Rangers are based there. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will also be at Tuesday's event, along with service members, veterans and their families. Trump has promoted the Army's anniversary as a reason to hold a military parade in Washington, DC, on Saturday, which is also his 79th birthday. Tanks and other vehicles will roll down city streets in a reminder of how the Republican president is reshaping the armed forces after returning to the White House this year.
Trump, who sees the military as a critical tool for domestic goals, has used the recent protests in Los Angeles as an opportunity to deploy the National Guard and U.S. Marines to quell disturbances that began as protests over immigration raids. Trump has authorized the deployment of 4,000 National Guard soldiers to the city over the objections of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief, including his sharing of sensitive military details over a Signal chat, in three separate Capitol Hill hearings beginning Tuesday. Lawmakers also have made it clear they are unhappy that Hegseth has not provided details on the administration's first proposed defense budget, which President Donald Trump has said would total $1 trillion, a significant increase over the current spending level of more than $800 billion.
It will be lawmakers' first chance to ask Hegseth about a myriad of other controversial spending by the Pentagon, including plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on security upgrades to turn a Qatari jet into Air Force One and to pour as much as $45 million into a parade recently added to the Army's 250th birthday bash, which happens to coincide with Trump's birthday on Saturday.
Lawmakers may quiz Hegseth on the latest searing images coming out of the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. Hegseth has deployed about 700 active-duty Marines to assist more than 4,100 National Guard troops in protecting federal buildings and personnel. But there are questions about what the troops will have to do and how much it will all cost.
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This isn't the image Los Angeles wanted projected around the globe. Clouds of tear gas wafting over a throng of protesters on a blocked freeway. Federal immigration agents in tactical garb raiding businesses in search of immigrants without legal status. A messy war of words between President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom.
Photos captured several Waymo robotaxis set on fire and graffiti scrawled on a federal detention centre building, while videos recorded the sounds of rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades hitting crowds. In a city still reeling from January's deadly wildfires and with the World Cup soccer championships and the 2028 Olympics on the horizon Mayor Karen Bass has been urging residents to come together to revitalise LA's image by sprucing up streets, planting trees and painting murals so LA shows its best face to nations near and far.
“It's about pride,” she's said. “This is the city of dreams.” Instead, a less flattering side of Los Angeles has been broadcast to the world in recent days. Protests have mostly taken place in a small swath of downtown in the sprawling city of 4 million people. As Trump has activated nearly 5,000 troops to respond in the city, Bass has staunchly pushed back against his assertions that her city is overrun and in crisis.
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Photos of vehicles engulfed in fire have emerged from the protest site in Los Angeles and BBC reports confirm that Google owned robotaxi firm Waymo's five vehicles have been vandalised during the unrest. However, Google believes the Waymo robotaxis were not targeted intentionally.
The Los Angeles police moved in on protesters and demonstrators on Monday and fired rubber bullets at the crowd, which were seen dispersing through the LA streets. Videos of police firing rubber bullets at the crowd have gone viral on social media.
In one of his first acts of his second term as president, Donald Trump pardoned hundreds of people who attacked the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to keep him in office, including those who beat police officers.
On Monday, Trump posted a warning on social media to those demonstrating in Los Angeles against his immigration crackdown and confronting police and members of the National Guard he had deployed: “IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”
The discrepancy of Trump’s response to the two disturbances — pardoning rioters who beat police on Jan. 6, which he called “a beautiful day,” while condemning violence against law enforcement in Los Angeles — illustrates how the president expects his enemies to be held to different standards than his supporters.
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There is a heavy law enforcement presence in Los Angeles. But as of 2:30 p.m. local time (2130 GMT), there were no confrontations between the marchers and officers.
Many officers are outfitted in riot gear and each is carrying about a dozen plastic zip ties with which they can restrain anyone detained. There's local police, National Guard from California and a few officers wearing FBI patches.
Police and TV news station helicopters are providing a constant buzz overhead.
Several hundred protesters are gathered in front of the federal building, which is ringed by members of the California National Guard and police officers.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom had said the state will sue the Trump administration against the deployment of National Guards in Los Angeles.
Now, the California state has said the deployment of National Guard was illegal and violated the state's sovereignty and federal law, according to a court filing of its lawsuit against the US government.
California Governor, in a post on X, said that they are working with local partners to surge over 800 additional state and local law enforcement officers.
"Chaos is exactly what Trump wanted, and now California is left to clean up the mess. We’re working with local partners to surge over 800 additional state and local law enforcement officers to ensure the safety of our LA communities," Governor Newsom said.
The United States military has said that about 1,700 National Guard troops are now active on the ground in the Los Angeles area after they were deployed by US President Donald Trump to maintain law and order.
In a press briefing on Monday evening, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that the deployment of National Guards in LA downtown by the US President Donald Trump is a "provocative move" and the troops were not needed in LA.
"I was trying to make the case that the National Guard was not needed here. I was trying to make the case that (if) the National Guard came here, it would be a provocative move, and it would be like a deliberate attempt to create disorder and chaos in our city," Mayor Karen Bass said, Reuters reported.
Mayor Bass informed that she has been in contact with the Trump administration but not the Republican president.
The Pentagon deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles on the orders of US President Donald Trump, and the Marines based out of Twentynine Palms, are preparing to leave the base and make their way to Los Angeles.
Officials have said that Marines could be in Los Angeles by Monday overnight or by Tuesday morning.
The US Department of Homeland Security said that the arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have risen to 2,000 per day in recent days, which is far above the daily average of 311 arrests in 2024 under for President Joe Biden.
In May, a top White House official and the architect of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, Stephen Miller, called on the ICE to arrest 3,000 people on a daily basis, Reuters reported.
In a joint press conference by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Police Department chief Jim McDonnell, the LAPD head said that the deployment of Marines by the US military is bound to create confusion and create logistical challenges.
McDonnell said that the LAPD has been put on tactical alert, and that President Trump "intends to deploy or or has deployed Marines to Los Angeles".
The LAPD chief Jim McDonnell said that the deployment of Marines creates confusion and a logistical challenge is also up in the arm, and that Los Angeles authorities have "decades" of experience managing large scale public gatherings, BBC reported.
The US military has announced that they are deploying 700 Marines to Los Angeles until more National Guards reach the downtown area, making it another escalation in President Donald Trump's aggressive moves to counter the massive protests against the immigration raids.
The Pentagon confirmed the deployment of Marines to LA downtown to help the federal response to protests against immigration policies and protect the federal infrastructure across the city.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth informed in a post on X that the 700 Marines would be deployed from Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton, located to the south of Los Angeles.
US President Donald Trump is deploying an additional 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles after the protests by demonstrators against the immigration raids intensified, Pentagon has confirmed.
Pentagon's chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said, "At the order of the President, the Department of Defense is mobilising an additional 2,000 California National Guard to be called into federal service to support ICE (and) to enable federal law-enforcement officers to safely conduct their duties," BBC reported.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that he will be suing the Trump administration for the National Guards deployment without the state's approval.
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