Overview

• The VA Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center and Regional Benefit Office have been shut for at least five days after anti-ICE riots defaced clinic walls with threats against immigration officials.
• Over 600 veteran appointments were canceled as services were suspended due to security concerns raised by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• In letters to Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass, VA Secretary Doug Collins faulted their “lackadaisical” response and demanded plans to restore order and fund building repairs.
• Newsom and Bass have opposed the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines, calling the intervention unconstitutional and filing a federal lawsuit to block it.
• Collins says he is pushing to reopen the LA VA facilities immediately and is awaiting details from state and local authorities on their response.