Donald Trump calls for troop deployment as unrest escalates in Los Angeles
- On June 8, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 members of the California National Guard along with 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests against immigration enforcement actions.
- The deployment occurred after immigration raids and protests and was carried out without the consent of California’s Democratic governor, who expressed clear opposition to the federal action.
- Protests involved clashes between federal immigration authorities and demonstrators, some of whom threw bricks and Molotov cocktails, prompting calls for law enforcement to restore order.
- Trump expressed a demand for law and order on social media, while border czar Tom Homan announced plans to deploy the National Guard that evening to ensure legal enforcement amid the ongoing unrest.
- The federal deployment marks the first unilateral National Guard federalization without a governor's consent since 1965 and may escalate tensions between local and federal authorities in Los Angeles.
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Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of bypassing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to deploy that state’s National Guard troops in Los Angeles, claiming the miltiary presence is necessary to settle civil unrest that touched off amid aggressive immigration sweeps.
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Los Angeles is in the grips of riots and chaos over the arrests of illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump nationalized the California National Guard and sent the Marines to help bring these destructive demonstrations under control.
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It seems as though the person currently in charge of our military finds that it is necessary for him to send troops into California. It’s the right thing to do, he says. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot — when hundreds of of people were violently breaking down the doors to the U.S. Capitol, injuring 174 police and within 36 hours, five people died. Where was this head of our military man? Even at the pleas of his closest advisors and family …
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Trump’s deployment of troops to LA protest divides US governors
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling President Donald Trump's military intervention at protests over federal immigration policy in Los Angeles an assault on democracy. Meanwhile, Texas Republican Gov. Greg
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