Overview
- The president ordered nearly 5,000 military personnel—4,000 National Guard reservists and 700 Marines—into Los Angeles without a request from local authorities
- California Governor Gavin Newsom sued, arguing the unilateral deployment violates the Tenth Amendment and federalism principles
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass imposed a nightly curfew downtown, resulting in hundreds of arrests and a notable drop in protest intensity at night
- Solidarity demonstrations have spread to major cities including Chicago, New York and Seattle, driven by outrage over immigrant raids and concerns of authoritarian overreach
- Republican governors such as Texas’s Greg Abbott have praised Trump’s actions and mobilized their own National Guard units to contain local protests