US EditionStandoff with troops in Los Angeles reignites old feud as Newsom resists Trump’s immigration raids
- On June 10, 2025, President Donald Trump federalized and deployed 5,000 troops, including 4,000 National Guard and 700 Marines, to occupy the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles.
- The deployment followed widespread protests originating in immigrant communities and occurred despite explicit opposition from Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass, and the Los Angeles Police Department.
- The troop presence marked the largest military domestic deployment since 1992 when the Insurrection Act was last invoked during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict, and recalls past uses of federal troops during civil rights unrest and the Kent State shootings.
- Trump called protesters "violent, insurrectionist mobs" and insisted the military occupation prevented Los Angeles from being "completely obliterated," while Newsom condemned the deployment as an "illegal act" that is "immoral" and unconstitutional.
- The events intensified political conflict, with Trump doubling down on troop deployment and Newsom resisting federal authority, raising concerns about escalating urban violence and the erosion of democratic norms amid immigration enforcement.
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