Members of the California National Guard basal extracurricular the Edward R. Roybal national gathering aft their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, successful effect to protests against migration sweeps, successful Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025.
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California National Guard troops started arriving successful Los Angeles connected Sunday morning, hours aft President Donald Trump signed an order to deploy 2,000 work members successful effect to migration protests successful Los Angeles.
"Elements of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the California National Guard person begun deploying to the Los Angeles area, with immoderate already connected the ground," U.S. Northern Command wrote connected X.
Trump's order, announced by the White House Saturday night, comes amid continued clashes betwixt demonstrators and national agents executing migration enforcement actions successful L.A., which person led to much than 100 arrests.
"In caller days, convulsive mobs person attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying retired basal deportation operations successful Los Angeles, California," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.
Leavitt told NBC News that Trump is federalizing portion of California's National Guard that would different study to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Presidents person the authorization to bash truthful nether constricted circumstances.
Newsom slammed Trump's move, calling it "purposefully inflammatory" and said it "will lone escalate tensions."
"LA authorities are capable to entree instrumentality enforcement assistance astatine a moment's notice," Newsom wrote connected X. "We are successful adjacent coordination with the metropolis and county, and determination is presently nary unmet need."
"This is the incorrect ngo and volition erode nationalist trust," helium said.
Trump and Newsom spoke connected Friday for astir 40 minutes, a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that the deployment of federalized troops "is a chaotic escalation."
"The fearfulness radical are feeling successful our metropolis close present is precise existent – it's felt successful our communities and wrong our families and it puts our neighborhoods astatine risk," Bass said successful a statement.
She urged "protestors to stay peaceful" and said that she has been successful interaction with immigrants rights leaders and section instrumentality enforcement.
Members of the California National Guard basal defender extracurricular the Edward R. Roybal national gathering aft their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, successful effect to protests against migration sweeps, successful Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025.
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The White House connected Saturday showed nary signs that it was preparing to de-escalate the situation.
On the contrary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to deploy U.S. Marines successful summation to the members of the National Guard.
"If unit continues, progressive work Marines astatine Camp Pendleton volition besides beryllium mobilized — they are connected precocious alert," helium posted connected X.
Trump connected Truth Social aboriginal Sunday greeting wrote, "great occupation by the National Guard successful Los Angeles aft 2 days of violence, clashes and unrest."
His station came earlier the troops helium ordered officially arrived successful the area.
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Trump spent Saturday nighttime attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship lucifer astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J.
The White House besides released a ceremonial memo from the president to the caput of Defense, the lawyer wide and the caput of Homeland Security.
"To the grade that protests oregon acts of unit straight inhibit the execution of the laws, they represent a signifier of rebellion against the authorization of the Government of the United States," the memo stated.
"In airy of these incidents and credible threats of continued violence, by the authorization vested successful maine arsenic President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby telephone into Federal work members and units of the National Guard."
Vice President JD Vance called the protestors "insurrectionists" successful a post connected X.
"Insurrectionists carrying overseas flags are attacking migration enforcement officers, portion 1 fractional of America's governmental enactment has decided that borderline enforcement is evil," Vance wrote.
Labor person David Huerta, president of the SEIU California, was injured Friday erstwhile helium was arrested portion observing the protests. The Homeland Security Department alleged that Huerta was "obstructing" national officers.
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