Overview

• President Trump mobilized California National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to back ICE raids targeting undocumented immigrants without state leaders’ consent.
• Demonstrations in Los Angeles against the military presence and workplace raids have occasionally turned violent, prompting tear gas deployments and hundreds of arrests.
• Hundreds of cities across the country have since joined the “No Kings” protests, climaxing during Trump’s June 14 military parade in Washington D.C.
• Newsom’s administration filed a lawsuit challenging the federal takeover of the National Guard and has delivered high-profile speeches framing the clash as a defense of democracy.
• The standoff has drawn national attention from Senator Alex Padilla—who was handcuffed while questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—to celebrities like Kendall Jenner and critics such as Kevin McCarthy.