Clashes resume in Los Angeles area as immigration enforcement draws new protests
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JUN 11 – President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen after ICE arrested at least 44 undocumented immigrants, triggering protests and clashes with federal agents in a sanctuary city.
- On June 7, 2025, over 40 individuals were taken into custody by federal immigration agents at multiple sites throughout Los Angeles, leading to protests and confrontations near a Home Depot in Paramount.
- These enforcement actions followed search warrants executed at multiple locations and triggered community outcry amid claims that some detentions occurred outside Home Depot and a doughnut shop.
- On Friday night, demonstrators assembled near a federal detention facility urging the release of those held, followed by Saturday confrontations in Paramount where agents used tear gas against hundreds of protesters.
- ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons condemned the situation as "appalling," noting that more than a thousand individuals encircled and assaulted a federal facility, and emphasized that those involved in violent actions will face consequences.
- The events intensified disputes between federal authorities and Los Angeles officials over immigration enforcement tactics and sanctuary policies, with legal reviews and calls for accountability ongoing.
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LA protest updates: Mayor Bass issues curfew, Newsom’s bid to block Trump’s use of National Guard, Marines denied
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announces partial curfew to curb vandalism and looting. The anti-ICE raids continue following their mass eruption on Sunday.
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Immigrant rights activists are set to participate in a Run Against ICE Saturday morning along a 15-mile route from Koreatown to Placita Olvera and through other communities that have witnessed raids and arrests by Immigration Customs Enforcement agents in recent weeks. Organizers call it a “non-violent journey of resistance through Los Angeles” and said it is part of a 30-day “Summer of Resistance” campaign designed to push for an end to ICE rai…
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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles and leaders of more than 30 smaller cities in California called Wednesday for an end to the federal immigration sweeps that have disrupted cities across the region. Bass and the other mayors — of Montebello, Downey and other municipalities — spoke at a news conference after five days of protests sparked by immigration raids and President Donald Trump’s deployment of 4,700 National Guard troops and Marines to the L…
Protests against the immigration raids that began in Los Angeles, and led President Trump to send the National Guard, have spread to at least ten other cities in the United States, including New York, Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia. Demonstrations began on Friday when the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) conducted several raids in and around the country’s second largest city. Since then, demonstrations against ICE’s interventi…
The Latest: Protests over immigration raids spread across the US
Protests against immigration enforcement raids have sprung up across the country from Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C. While many have been peaceful, some have resulted in clashes with law enforcement. More protests are planned nationwide this week. Here’s the latest: Downtown LA bustling after curfew lifted The streets of downtown Los Angeles began bustling with residents walking dogs and commuters clutching coffee cups after …
From LA to Gaza, With Violence: Palestinian Flags, Molotov Cocktails, and a Media Blackout
On Friday, June 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a series of coordinated raids across Los Angeles, detaining dozens of individuals accused of being in the United States illegally. The arrests—made at both workplaces and homes—sparked immediate backlash. In the heavily Hispanic suburb of Paramount, where over 82 percent of residents identify as Latino, protests escalated quickly. Demonstrators hurled rocks and Molotov co…
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