Overview

• President Trump sent 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles on June 9 in response to protests against his administration’s immigration enforcement.
• Los Angeles saw two nights of relative calm following the deployment, but Mayor Karen Bass’s overnight curfew covering about one square mile of downtown remains active.
• Trump credited the military presence with restoring order and publicly demanded that Governor Newsom thank him for intervening in the city’s unrest.
• Governor Newsom filed suit alleging the federalization of California’s National Guard violated state sovereignty and bypassed his authority as commander in chief.
• The initial ICE raids on June 6 sparked protests in Los Angeles that have since spread to other major U.S. cities and retain potential for further escalation.