Overview
- By June 10, President Trump had sent 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to secure federal sites after ICE raids provoked protests.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the 60-day federalization of the state’s guard troops on grounds that legal conditions for federal control were unmet.
- Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles law enforcement leaders said local forces were sufficient to manage demonstrations and criticized the extra military presence as unnecessary.
- On Truth Social, President Trump defended the deployment with claims that troops prevented the city from “burning to the ground,” echoing his justification for the escalation.
- Protests originally centered in Los Angeles have spread to San Francisco, New York, Austin and other major cities, with demonstrators rallying against mass deportations and federal military action.