Overview

• Trump invoked a legal provision to federalize 2,000 National Guard troops after ICE raids led to more than 100 detentions and three days of demonstrations
• Governor Gavin Newsom formally requested that the deployment be rescinded and troops returned to state control, calling the move an unlawful breach of California’s sovereignty
• Mayor Karen Bass described the intervention as unnecessary and overly militarized, warning it inflames tensions in the city’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods
• Law enforcement fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to disperse protesters who blocked the 101 Freeway and set vehicles ablaze, leading to dozens of arrests and minor officer injuries
• Trump defended the action on social media and signaled that additional troop mobilizations could follow under the Insurrection Act, as solidarity protests spread to San Francisco and New York