Overview
- President Trump has deployed about 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles after ICE workplace raids triggered violent clashes and property damage.
- Local officials have imposed overnight curfews in Los Angeles and Spokane following confrontations that led to hundreds of arrests.
- Opposition to ICE enforcement has spread to over 40 cities in 23 states, with demonstrations organized by groups like the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
- Activists are planning nearly 2,000 'No Kings' rallies on Saturday to counter President Trump’s parade in Washington, D.C., marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.
- Democratic officials from California to Illinois have denounced the federal troop deployments as inflammatory, while the administration has claimed without evidence that some protesters are being paid.