Gov. Gavin Newsom of California delivered a speech on Tuesday, titled “Democracy at a Crossroads.” The following is a transcript of his remarks as broadcast online and on television channels:

I want to say a few words about the events of the last few days.

This past weekend, federal agents conducted large-scale workplace raids in and around Los Angeles. Those raids continue as I speak.

California is no stranger to immigration enforcement. But instead of focusing on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records and people with final deportation orders, a strategy both parties have long supported, this administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of their roots or risk.

What’s happening right now is very different than anything we’ve seen before. On Saturday morning, when federal agents jumped out of an unmarked van near a Home Depot parking lot, they began grabbing people. A deliberate targeting of a heavily Latino suburb. A similar scene also played out when a clothing company was raided downtown.

In other actions, a U.S. citizen, nine months pregnant, was arrested; a 4-year-old girl, taken; families separated; friends, quite literally, disappearing.

In response, everyday Angelinos came out to exercise their Constitutional right to free speech and assembly, to protest their government’s actions. In turn, the State of California and the City and County of Los Angeles sent our police officers to help keep the peace and, with some exceptions, they were successful.

Like many states, California is no stranger to this sort of unrest. We manage it regularly, and with our own law enforcement. But this, again, was different.

What then ensued was the use of tear gas, flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets, federal agents detaining people and undermining their due process rights.

Donald Trump, without consulting California law enforcement leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state’s National Guard members to deploy on our streets, illegally and for no reason.

This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard at risk.

That’s when the downward spiral began. He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by fanning the flames even harder. And the president, he did it on purpose. As the news spread throughout L.A., anxiety for family and friends ramped up. Protests started again.

By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive. They vandalized property. They tried to assault police officers. Many of you have seen video clips of cars burning on cable news.

If you incite violence — I want to be clear about this — if you incite violence or destroy our communities, you are going to be held to account. That kind of criminal behavior will not be tolerated. Full stop.

Already, more than 220 people have been arrested. And we’re reviewing tapes to build additional cases and people will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Again, thanks to our law enforcement officers and the majority of Angelenos who protested peacefully, this situation was winding down and was concentrated in just a few square blocks downtown.

But that, that’s not what Donald Trump wanted. He again chose escalation, he chose more force. He chose theatrics over public safety. He federalized another 2,000 Guard members.

He deployed more than 700 active U.S. Marines. These are men and women trained in foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement. We honor their service. We honor their bravery. But we do not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces. Not in L.A. Not in California. Not anywhere.

We’re seeing unmarked cars, unmarked cars in school parking lots. Kids afraid of attending their own graduation. Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals. His agents are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers and seamstresses.

That’s just weakness, weakness masquerading as strength. Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting our communities. They are traumatizing our communities. And that seems to be the entire point.

California will keep fighting. We’ll keep fighting on behalf of our people, all of our people, including in the courts.

Yesterday, we filed a legal challenge to President Trump’s reckless deployment of American troops to a major American city. Today, we sought an emergency court order to stop the use of the American military to engage in law enforcement activities across Los Angeles.

If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.

Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control.

And by the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence as long as it serves him. What more evidence do we need than January 6th.

I ask everyone: Take time, reflect on this perilous moment. A president who wants to be bound by no law or constitution, perpetuating a unified assault on American traditions.

This is a president who, in just over 140 days, has fired government watchdogs that could hold him accountable, accountable for corruption and fraud. He’s declared a war, a war on culture, on history, on science, on knowledge itself. Databases quite literally are vanishing.

He’s delegitimizing news organizations and he’s assaulting the First Amendment. And the threat of defunding them. At threat, he’s dictating what universities themselves can teach. He’s targeting law firms and the judicial branch that are the foundations of an orderly and civil society. He’s calling for a sitting governor to be arrested for no other reason than to, in his own words, “for getting elected.”

And we all know, this Saturday, he’s ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past.

Look, this isn’t just about protests here in Los Angeles. When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard. he made that order apply to every state in this nation.

This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next.

Democracy is next.

Democracy is under assault right before our eyes, this moment we have feared has arrived. He’s taking a wrecking ball, a wrecking ball to our founding fathers’ historic project: three coequal branches of independent government.

There are no longer any checks and balances. Congress is nowhere to be found. Speaker Johnson has completely abdicated that responsibility.

The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don.

The founding fathers didn’t live and die to see this kind of moment. It’s time for all of us to stand up. Justice Brandeis, he said it best. In a democracy, the most important office — with all due respect, Mr. President — is not the presidency, and it’s certainly not governor. The most important office is office of citizen.

At this moment, at this moment, we all need to stand up and be held to account, a higher level of accountability. If you exercise your First Amendment rights, please, please do it peacefully.

I know many of you are feeling deep anxiety, stress, and fear. But I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment.

Do not give into him.

Los Angeles Protests Today Live: California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Los Angeles Protests Live News Update: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced partial curfew in the downtown LA area from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday, after reports of loot at about 23 businesses and violence in the city amid the ongoing protests and demonstrations against the immigration raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. As the protests entered its fifth day, US President Donald Trump said protests were an “assault on peace and public order” and he doubled down on deploying more troops to the city. National Guard and US Marines have already been deployed in the city without the consent from California Governor Gavin Newsom.

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. Governor Newsom said the deployment is an assault on democracy and California will keep fighting. “We honour National Guard’, but they shouldn’t be in LA,” Newsom said.

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 who are waiting to be deployed in city sites to protect federal buildings and law enforcement officers. The deployment of Marines in LA would be the first instance when the troops be mobilized inside the United States to respond to a civil unrest in over three decades. Live Updates 11:15 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Raids in Southern California rattle immigrant communities, including those in US legally 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.” – AP 10:54 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Which 10 US cities are holding anti-immigration raid protests? 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: Los Angeles New York Atlanta Chicago Philadelphia Dallas Austin San Francisco Oregon Portland 10:45 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Texas governor says National Guards deployed to ‘ensure peace and order’ 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.” 10:39 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA police firing rubber bullets in major curfew crackdown 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. 10:14 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: New York police confirms ‘multiple arrests’ amid immigration protest in city 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. 10:08 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Police informs “mass arrests” underway in downtown area amid curfew 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. 09:45 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Protests over immigration raids pop up across the US with more planned 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. – AP 09:44 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LAPD starts detaining demonstrators after curfew kicks in downtown Los Angeles 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. 09:30 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Los Angeles leaders impose curfew as protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown continue 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!” – AP 09:26 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump administration officials react to California Guv Newsom’s speech 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!” 09:21 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Several people in LA seem to be unaware of curfew 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. 09:00 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: What is the alert sent out by LA authorities to people amid curfew implementation in downtown? 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.” 08:58 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Curfew beings in downtown LA amid anti-immigration protests 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. 08:37 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Police blocks protesters from reaching federal building in Manhattan 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. 08:11 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Curfew in downtown LA to impact less than 100,000 residents, say reports 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. 08:08 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: What did California Governor Gavin Newsom say in his address on LA protest? 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. Referring to 4,000 National Guards deployment in LA downtown, Newsom said “These are the men and women trained for foreign combat – not domestic law enforcement.” “We honour their service, we honour their bravery,” said Newsom adding, that Los Angeles doesn’t want their streets to be militarised by their own armed forces. Calling out President Trump for inflaming the situation through his aggressive moves, Governor Newsom said “This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard, at risk.” 07:48 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: California Guv Newsom says ‘democracy under assault’ in response to Trump’s military deployment 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. – AP 07:23 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: California Governor Gavin Newsom accuses Trump administration of mass deportation 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. 07:20 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Mayor Karen Bass wants President Trump to stop the immigration raids 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. 07:06 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: US judge denies California’s request for immediate restraining order on Trump’s National Guard deployment in LA 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. (Read the full report) 07:01 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: About 23 businesses looted during anti-immigration protests in LA 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. 06:55 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: What did Mayor Karen Bass said while imposing curfew in downtown LA? 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. 06:29 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Local emergency curfew imposed in downtown LA, to be in effect from 8pm to 6am 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. 05:57 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: US Marines arrive in LA on President Trump’s order as protests continue 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”. 05:29 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Mayor Karen Bass says any curfew would not affect all of the downtown area 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. 04:51 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump’s actions in LA spur debate over deportation funds in his ‘big, beautiful’ bill 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. – AP 04:49 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump tells soldiers ‘we will liberate Los Angeles’ 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. – Reuters 01:56 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Faith leaders unite for candlelight vigil in downtown LA 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 00:50 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Most troops deployed to LA to stay out of public view unless violence rrupts 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 00:30 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: California seeks emergency order to block Trump’s National Guard deployment 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 00:15 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass explores curfew option amid downtown unrest 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. 00:10 (IST) 11 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Mayor Karen Bass to reach out to Trump over immigration raids 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 23:50 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Los Angeles Mayor warns of prosecution for vandalism and violence 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. 23:47 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Mayor aware of only one potential rally amid ongoing protests 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 23:30 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump vows to continue aggressive immigration enforcement, warns of ‘equal or greater force’ against protests 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 22:59 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Newsom says Trump didn’t call, disputes claim of recent talk 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?

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 — Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2025 22:49 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump warns of ‘very big force’ against protesters at US army’s 250th birthday celebration 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. (with inputs from Reuters ) 22:42 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: National Guard deployment in LA to continue until safety restored, says Trump 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 22:17 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to LA will cost $134 million 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. 21:11 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Mike Johnson declines to back Trump’s call to arrest Newsom, says he ‘ought to be tarred and feathered’ 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.” 20:41 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Marines arrive in ‘the greater LA area’ 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. 19:48 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth faces House committe over signal chat leak 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. 19:35 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Texas governor says over dozen arrested at ICE protests 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. Between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety, more than a dozen protesters were arrested in Austin.

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FAFO. @TxDPS — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 10, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js 19:28 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Australian PM calls rubber bullet shooting on journalist in LA ‘horrific’ 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.” 19:19 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: What happened so far President Donald Trump deployed an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles last night, doubling the initial 2,000 sent on Saturday, to address ongoing protests against aggressive immigration policies. A battalion of 700 Marines was mobilised to LA, escalating tensions, with the LAPD, as per The Guardian, noting it was not formally notified, calling the move “a significant logistical and operational challenge.” California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the deployment, stating, “US marines are ‘not political pawns’” and describing it as a “blatant abuse of power,” accusing Trump of “trying to provoke chaos.” Dozens were arrested in California as protests continued, with demonstrations also erupting in at least nine other US cities, including New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. In Austin, Texas, police used nonlethal munitions and detained several people during clashes with hundreds of anti-ICE protesters. 19:12 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump defends sending National Guard, says if he didn’t city ‘would be burning to the ground’ 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.” 18:36 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Police says marines arrival a ‘logistical and operational challenge’ 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. 18:26 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: President Trump to address soldiers today in North Carolina 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. 16:08 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: What are the weapons authorities are using on LA protesters? 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. 14:51 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Thousands take to streets in San Francisco in show of protest against ICE raids 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. 13:11 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Law enforcement helicopters circling over protest sites 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. 12:10 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump heads to Fort Bragg while facing criticism for deploying military at Los Angeles protests 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. – AP 12:07 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks, Marine deployment to Los Angeles 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. – AP 11:15 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Los Angeles’ image scuffed since ICE raids, protests, with World Cup, Olympics on horizon 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. – AP 10:42 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Five Google-owned Waymo robotaxis reportedly vandalised in LA protests 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. 10:37 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Police fire rubber bullets at protesters, videos emerge 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. 10:32 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Trump vows to ‘hit’ any protester who spits on police in LA downtown 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. – AP 10:29 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Heavy law enforcement in Los Angeles, few confrontations reported 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. – Reuters 10:26 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: California sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment, court filing shows 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. 10:01 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: California Governor Gavin Newsom to ‘surge’ over 800 law enforcement officers 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. 09:54 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: US military says 1,700 National Guard troops now in Los Angeles area 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. 09:49 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Mayor says National Guards deployment ‘a provocative move’ 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. 09:40 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: When will 700 Marines arrive in Los Angeles? 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. 09:33 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Immigration arrests by ICE rise to 2,000 per day 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. 09:22 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: LA Police chief says Marines deployment by pentagon risks confusion, creates logistical challenges 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. 09:15 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: US military deploys 700 Marines to LA downtown after National Guards deployment 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. 09:06 (IST) 10 Jun 2025 Los Angeles protests LIVE Updates: Pentagon confirms President Trump deploying additional 2,000 National Guards in LA 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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• Curfew order: Police have started “mass arrests” of protesters after an emergency curfew came into effect for part of downtown Los Angeles. It will be in place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time and will likely be in effect for a few days, Mayor Karen Bass said.

• National Guard deployed in Texas: Members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to various locations in the state ahead of planned protests this week, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The Republican governor said the Guard “will use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order.”

• Growing arrest count: The number of people arrested during the protests has jumped day to day since Saturday. The LAPD chief said nearly 200 were taken into custody Tuesday – before the curfew. The mayor said that 23 businesses were looted during four days of protests.

• Emergency order: A federal judge has denied California’s request for an immediate restraining order that would temporarily prohibit the Trump administration from using the Marines and the National Guard to enforce laws in the state, including immigration enforcement. Senior US District Judge Charles R. Breyer set a hearing for Thursday.

• Marines on standby: About 700 Marines have been activated to help protect federal personnel and property. They are standing by and awaiting orders outside LA, and many of them are undergoing additional training prior to assisting with the protests, US officials told CNN.

Summary Marines arrive in Los Angeles area, await deployment to city sites

California governor fires back at Trump, saying, “Democracy is under assault”

Los Angeles imposes downtown curfew, another 197 people arrested

Protests spread to multiple US cities, remain largely peaceful

LOS ANGELES, June 10 (Reuters) – Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America’s second largest city as California’s governor warned “democracy is under assault.”

Trump’s extraordinary measures of sending National Guard and Marines to quell protests, which broke out in response to his immigration raids, fueled demonstrations for a fifth day in Los Angeles, and sparked protests in several other cities.

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As Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom traded fulminations, the city’s mayor said the protests were limited to about five downtown streets, but declared a curfew for parts of the downtown area due to violence and looting.

Police said multiple groups stayed on the streets in some areas despite the curfew and “mass arrests are being initiated”. Police earlier said that 197 people had already been arrested on Tuesday – more than double the total number of arrests to date.

Democratic leaders have raised concerns over a national crisis in what has become the most intense flashpoint yet in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport migrants living in the country illegally, and then crack down on opponents who take to the streets in protest.

“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard at risk. That’s when the downward spiral began,” Newsom said in an a video address.

“He again chose escalation. He chose more force. He chose theatrics over public safety. … Democracy is under assault.”

Newsom, widely seen as preparing for a presidential run in 2028, has called the deployments an illegal waste of resources. He and the state sued Trump and the Defense Department on Monday, seeking to block the deployment of federal troops. Trump in turn has suggested Newsom should be arrested.

Trump, voted back into office last year largely for his promise to deport undocumented immigrants, used a speech honoring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision.

He told troops at the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina: “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.”

“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.”

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Demonstrators have waved the flags of Mexico and other countries in solidarity for the migrants rounded up in a series of intensifying raids.

Homeland Security said on Monday its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division had arrested 2,000 immigration offenders per day recently, far above the 311 daily average in fiscal year 2024 under former President Joe Biden.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday announced a curfew for one square mile (2.5 square km) of downtown Los Angeles that will run from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. locally (0300 to 1300 GMT) for several days.

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With five minutes until the curfew took effect, hundreds of protesters faced police with their hands raised, chanting “peaceful protest.”

Even so, state and local officials have called Trump’s response an extreme over-reaction to mostly peaceful demonstrations.

Bass emphasized at a press conference the distinction between the majority of demonstrators protesting peacefully and a smaller number of agitators she blamed for violence and looting.

A curfew had been considered for several days but Bass said she decided to impose one after 23 business were looted on Monday night.

“When these peaceful rallies end, and the protesters head home, another element moves in: opportunists, who come in under the cover of a peaceful protest to ravage and destroy,” Council member Ysabel Jurado, who represents the area, told reporters.

As the mayor and the council member spoke, police and protesters were engaged in skirmishes outside.

In what has become a daily ritual, police forced demonstrators away from the streets outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, where many detained migrants are held. Multiple groups of protesters snaked through downtown Los Angeles, monitored or followed by police armed with less lethal munitions

Protests also took place in other cities including New York, Atlanta and Chicago, where demonstrators shouted at and scuffled with officers. Some protesters climbed onto the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza, while others chanted that ICE should be abolished.

Christina Berger, 39, said it was heartbreaking to hear about children who are afraid of being separated from their families due to immigration raids, adding, “I just want to give some hope to my friends and neighbors.”

MARINES AT THE READY

About 700 Marines were in a staging area in the Seal Beach area about 30 miles (50 km) south of Los Angeles, awaiting deployment to specific locations, a U.S. official said.

A U.S. official said there were 2,100 National Guard troops in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, more than half the 4,000 to be activated. The Marines and National Guard troops lack the authority to makes arrests and will be charged only with protecting federal property and personnel.

Even so, California Attorney General Rob Bonta told Reuters the state was concerned about allowing federal troops to protect personnel, saying there was a risk that could violate an 1878 law that generally forbids the U.S. military, including the National Guard, from taking part in civilian law enforcement.

“Protecting personnel likely means accompanying ICE agents into communities and neighborhoods, and protecting functions could mean protecting the ICE function of enforcing the immigration law,” Bonta said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday posted photos on X of National Guard troops accompanying ICE officers on an immigration raid. Trump administration officials have vowed to redouble the immigration raids in response to the street protests.

Reporting by Jorge Garcia, Brad Brooks, Jane Ross and Arafat Barbakh in Los Angeles, Dietrich Knauth in New York, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington and Tom Polansek in Chicago; Additional reporting by Sandy Hooper, Costas Pitas, Susan Heavey, Doina Chiacu, Ismail Shakil, Jasper Ward and Costas Pitas; Writing by Joseph Ax and Daniel Trotta; Editing by Mary Milliken, Alistair Bell, Rod Nickel, Don Durfee, Michael Perry and Raju Gopalakrishnan

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A federal judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over California’s request to block the Trump Administration from using troops in Los Angeles to quell unrest sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids as part of the President’s mass deportation effort. The hearing comes after an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order filed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom was denied and as National Guard personnel have appeared to accompany ICE agents as they make arrests.

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Newsom and other critics claim the federal government’s mobilization of military personnel—including the deployment of 700 Marines on Monday after 4,000 National Guard members were already activated—to Los Angeles is an unnecessary and illegal intervention. In a speech Tuesday night, Newsom called it a “brazen abuse of power” that “inflamed a combustible situation.” “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,” Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning, referring to the January wildfires that were caused by dry conditions and strong winds.

The deployment of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines—based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.—marks the first time in over three decades that Marines have been mobilized inside the United States to respond to civil unrest. Their presence represents a striking escalation of federal involvement in what began as local protests over immigration enforcement. Newsom’s request for an immediate temporary restraining order specifically requested that a judge block plans by the federal government “to use Marines and federalized National Guard to enforce immigration laws and other civil laws on the streets of our cities.” California National Guard units received new orders on Monday that included “providing support for counter-immigration operations and not only at federal buildings,” according to the filing. An ICE spokesperson confirmed in a statement to CBS on Tuesday that “Troops on the ground in Los Angeles are providing perimeter and personnel protection for our facilities and officers who are out on daily enforcement operations. They are providing security at federal facilities in the area and support with transportation, as needed.”

“Military troops are providing protection for federal law enforcement officers as they continue operations to remove the worst of the worst from Los Angeles. If any rioters attack ICE law enforcement officers, military personnel have the authority to temporarily detain them until law enforcement makes the arrest. The violence against ICE law enforcement must end,” Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin added. The state of California asserted in the filing that the deployment “creates imminent harm to State Sovereignty, deprives the State of vital resources, escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.” The Trump Administration opposed the state’s request, calling it “legally meritless” and saying the restraining order it sought would be “an extraordinary, unprecedented, and dangerous court order.” The Administration also asked for more time to respond.

The judge granted that additional time in the Tuesday ruling, giving the Administration until Wednesday to file its response and setting a hearing for the following day. The estimated cost of deploying the National Guard and the Marines to the Los Angeles area is $134 million, according to Bryn MacDonnell, a top Pentagon official testifying before the House on Tuesday. While the Marines are expected to avoid direct engagement with demonstrators, the symbolism of active-duty troops patrolling the streets of Los Angeles has reignited deep political tensions and legal debates over the limits of federal power. The Marines are tasked with protecting federal facilities and personnel, according to a statement from U.S. Northern Command, and will operate under Task Force 51—a contingency unit created to coordinate military support for domestic emergencies. The estimated cost of deploying the National Guard and the Marines to the Los Angeles area is $134 million, according to Bryn MacDonnell, a top Pentagon official testifying before the House on Tuesday.

Anti-ICE protesters clash with police near a federal building and detention center in Los Angeles. Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu/Getty Images

Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 1792 statute allowing the President to use the military to suppress domestic unrest. Instead, he is relying on a broader presidential authority to protect federal property. Legal experts say that distinction may ultimately determine whether the deployments are deemed lawful. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement without specific legal authorization—a principle the Trump Administration insists it is not violating. Asked if he would invoke the Insurrection Act in the future, Trump told reporters Tuesday that “if there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see. But I can tell you, last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible.”

The protests began Friday after ICE agents carried out coordinated raids across Los Angeles, detaining dozens of workers at warehouses and other worksites. The arrests sparked immediate backlash, with demonstrators converging outside federal buildings, blocking freeways, and in some cases clashing with police. By Sunday, as images of burning self-driving cars and confrontations near the downtown federal detention center spread across social media, Trump issued a presidential order deploying 2,000 National Guard troops. A second order followed Monday night, calling for an additional 2,000 troops. Pentagon officials confirmed that about 1,700 Guard members were already active in the greater Los Angeles area by late Monday, and the Marines would be joining them in a “support” capacity. “We believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations, and we have deployed National Guard and the Marines to protect them in the execution of their duties,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a hearing in Congress on Tuesday when asked about the deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

The deployments have touched a raw nerve in California, where Democratic leaders say Trump is overstepping his constitutional authority in pursuit of political spectacle. The governor’s office said that only a fraction of the initially deployed Guard members had been given orders, and many remained inside federal facilities awaiting direction. “This isn’t about public safety,” Newsom posted on X. “It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego.” Mayor Karen Bass echoed those sentiments, calling the influx of troops “a deliberate attempt to create disorder and chaos in our city.” She urged the federal government to halt the raids and allow local authorities to manage the situation. Bass announced a curfew in a one-square-mile section of downtown from 8 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday in response to increasing reports of violence and looting. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell also expressed frustration with the federal operation, warning that the sudden arrival of troops presented “significant logistical and operational challenges.” In a statement, McDonnell emphasized the need for clear communication between agencies, noting that the LAPD had successfully handled large-scale protests in the past.

Sheheryar Kaoosji, the executive director at Warehouse Workers Resource Center, a nonprofit that seeks to improve working conditions in the warehouse industry, warns that both the immigration raids and the Administration’s response to the protests could deal a blow to businesses in the area—and the broader economy. “Between the actual ICE activity and then the escalation by the Administration to suppress protest, it’s not just affecting people going to work, but there’s not gonna be tourism in L.A.,” he says. “It’s going to kill the economy of not just California but the country.” The federal government has framed the move as a necessary precaution amid what it says are credible threats to federal personnel and infrastructure, claiming the military’s presence was meant to deter violence and protect immigration officers working in increasingly volatile conditions. The last time Marines were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles was in 1992, following days of rioting after the acquittal of officers in the beating of Rodney King. In that case, President George H.W. Bush acted at the request of then-Gov. Pete Wilson and invoked the Insurrection Act.

Despite the dramatic federal presence, most of Monday’s demonstrations remained peaceful. Thousands gathered at City Hall for a union-led rally demanding an end to immigration raids. Outside the federal detention center, protesters held hands and chanted, “Free them all!” and “National Guard, go away.”

Still, by evening, confrontations had resumed. Police began using tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse crowds near the Little Tokyo neighborhood, where at least a dozen people were detained. In nearby Paramount, where more arrests had occurred during earlier raids, family members of detainees held a press conference demanding information about their loved ones.

Additional protests against immigration raids have continued in several other cities, including San Francisco and Dallas.

—Andrew Chow contributed reporting.