Overview

• More than 2,000 California National Guard troops arrived Sunday in Los Angeles to assist the LAPD after violent clashes over ICE arrests
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained at least 118 alleged undocumented migrants in countywide operations during the protests
• Governor Newsom argues the federalization of the Guard violates state sovereignty and seeks a court order to withdraw troops
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that Marines could be deployed if unrest continues, raising the stakes of federal involvement
• Donald Trump Jr.’s social media repost of a ‘Rooftop Koreans’ meme has drawn criticism for invoking racially charged imagery from the 1992 LA riots