Overview

• ICE conducted raids at multiple Los Angeles workplaces on June 6, prompting thousands to protest across Los Angeles and San Francisco.
• Demonstrators blocked freeways, torched vehicles including Waymo self-driving cars, and San Francisco police arrested around 60 protesters for refusing dispersal orders.
• President Trump issued a memo federalizing 2,000 California National Guard troops for 60 days and warned he could deploy active-duty forces if violence continues.
• Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have denounced the National Guard deployment as an unnecessary escalation.
• Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and artist Finneas joined the demonstrations, with Armstrong’s Instagram video drawing mixed reactions and Finneas reporting he was tear-gassed.