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Los Angeles police arrest further 10 people on Sunday – as it happened

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Key event

We are closing this blog now, but you can continue to monitor our live coverage of the protests in Los Angeles in our new blog here.

California governor Gavin Newsom calls for president Trump to "stand down"

In a new post on X, California governor Newsom has criticised the president further, saying:

“Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions.

If he can’t solve it, we will.

“To the bad actors — Violent acts will not be tolerated. You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You are doing more than just damage to buildings and property. You are damaging the very foundation of our republic. Democracy is in the balance. Donald Trump is using you as an excuse to militarize a city and circumvent our democracy.

“To the many, many peaceful protesters —we want to keep you safe. We want you to exercise your fundamental rights.

“And to our law enforcement on the streets— that are enforcing the laws respectfully and responsibly—we want to keep you safe as well.

“But Donald Trump needs to pull back. He needs to stand down.”

An update on Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi from 9News, which has released this statement:

“While reporting from protests in Los Angeles, 9News reporter Lauren Tomasi was struck by a rubber bullet. Lauren and her camera operator are safe and will continue their essential work covering these events. This incident serves as a stark reminder of the inherent dangers journalists can face while reporting from the frontlines of protests, underscoring the importance of their role in providing vital information.”

LAPD Police Chief Jim McDonnell described some protestors as “anarchists”

  • The LAPD arrested 10 people on Sunday.

  • A further 29 people were arrested on Saturday night.

  • Three officers have been injured.

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LAPD Police Chief Jim McDonnell on the deployment of the National Guard:

  • “I believe we would have gone through a number of steps before we would have deployed the national guard or requested” that.

  • Instead it came “top down” from the president.

  • “Do we need them? Well looking at tonight, this thing has gotten out of control”.

  • “Before I can answer that I need to know more about what their capabilities are, [and what] their role is intended to be to be able to make that determination.”

  • “Looking at the violence tonight, I think we have to make a reassessment”.

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LAPD Police Chief Jim McDonnell said people were shooting “commercial grade fireworks” at officers, which “can kill you”.

He said police tactics have been adapted to take these people in custody and keep them accountable.

LAPD police chief Jim McDonnell says they respect Ice, which has its own law enforcement duties, and they have every right to do that, adding:

“I ask people in the community to trust the LAPD. We are not there for that purpose.”

The violence in LA, he says, is “disgusting”.

What we saw the first night was bad. What we have seen subsequent to that is getting increasingly worse and more violent.”

More comments from the Los Angeles Police news conference

  • LAPD does “not coordinate with immigration and customs enforcement on civil immigration enforcement”.

  • LAPD will “treat every Angelino with respect regardless of their immigration status”.

  • LAPD says: “Our job is not to divide communities or politicise law enforcement. Our job is to keep everyone safe”.

  • “We will continue to support peaceful protests and enforce the law.”

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LAPD at today's press conference says:

  • LAPD met with Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass, and other officials, including Ice acting director.

  • LAPD says its supports and protects the first amendment right to free speech

  • In recents days many protests across the city have been peaceful.

  • However, when peaceful protests devolve into acts of violence and vandalism, especially violence directed at innocent people, law enforcement officers “must respond firmly”.

  • Claim that LAPD delayed responding to a federal officer’s request for assistance by more than 2 hours was false.

  • LAPD response was impacted by traffic, crowd density, hazardous conditions caused by tear gas deployed by federal agents.

  • At no point did LAPD ignore or delay requests for help.

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LAPD is holding a press conference on today's events

We will bring you the latest comments and updates.

Thousands of Angelenos enraged by Donald Trump’s decision to commandeer their state national guard swamped the streets around city hall and the federal courthouse on Sunday, bringing a major freeway to a standstill. The demonstrators were met by law enforcement. But the national guard, hemmed in by the protesters and by dozens of Los Angeles police cruisers, played almost no role in any of it.

Read this dispatch by Guardian reporter, Andrew Gumbel, as below.

Senator Alex Padilla has shared his view of events in LA today, writing on X that he thinks the president is trying to “distract from his failed agenda”.

“Donald Trump is intentionally creating chaos and sowing division in our communities,” he said, “It’s all a distraction from his failed agenda. And it won’t work.”

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Trump implies protestors are 'paid insurrectionists'

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump has lashed out against LA governor Gavin Newsom, whose name he appeared to deliberately misspell, and mayor Karen Bass.

“Governor Gavin Newscum and “Mayor” Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”

In a subsequent post he implied the demonstrators were paid, writing: “Paid Insurrectionists!”

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More photos from Los Angeles today, where law enforcement officers have clashed with protestors railing against raids by immigration authorities, which began on Friday.

View the gallery below:

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This footage of Australian reporter, Lauren Tomasi, from Channel 9 news appears to show her being shot by a rubber bullet fired by police while covering the protests in downtown LA.

On Trump’s deployment of the National Guard:

President Trump has justified deployment of the National Guard by citing a provision of Title 10 of the US Code on the Armed Forces.

However, as Reuters points out, Title 10 also says the “orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States”.

It was not immediately clear if the president had the legal authority to deploy the National Guard troops without Newsom’s order.

Governor Gavin Newsom has likened the actions, what he described as inciting violence, creating mass chaos, and arresting opponents, as the “act of dictator, not a President”.

Title 10 allows for National Guard deployment by the federal government if there is “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”

Those troops are only allowed to engage in limited activities and cannot undertake ordinary law enforcement activities.

Trump’s memo says the troops will “temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur.”

The dramatic scenes unfolding on the streets of downtown Los Angeles – in pictures.

Several Waymos self driving cars have been burning on the streets.

A man waves a flag as smoke and flames rise from a burning vehicle.

A demonstrator holds a placard with the message: “Ice, Out of our communities”.

“We are the city of Angels. Ice and National Guard GO AWAY!!!”

Police are seen through smoke on the 101 Freeway.

Today so far

Massive protests continue on the streets of Los Angeles after Donald Trump deployed the national guard to the city in response to demonstrations against his administration’s immigration crackdown. Here’s what we’ve seen so far:

  • The Trump administration has taken the stunning step of bringing hundreds of California national guard soldiers into federal service to respond to the protests, and has said it could bring US marines to the city “if violence continues”. About 500 marines are ready to deploy to the city if directed.

  • California governor Gavin Newsom and the LA mayor Karen Bass have asked the administration to rescind its order to deploy troops with Newsom calling it a “a serious breach of state sovereignty.” Democratic governors across the US have described it as an “alarming abuse of power”.

  • Protests have continued in large numbers. National guard troops clashed with demonstrators and police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse people from a federal complex and the 101 freeway, where protesters brought traffic to a standstill in both directions. In some areas, autonomous vehicles have been set on fire.

  • The Los Angeles police department said the agency has declared an “unlawful assembly” in the civic center area of downtown Los Angeles, and that officers have arrested “a number” of people. Police are patrolling areas of the downtown on horseback.

  • Karen Bass urged protesters to remain peaceful. She said she has asked the Trump administration to remove troops from the city. “We do not need to see our city torn apart,” she said, adding that people are “terrified.”

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500 US marines 'prepared to deploy' to Los Angeles

About 500 US marines in southern California are “prepared to deploy” to Los Angeles if directed to do so by Donald Trump’s administration.

The US Northern Command said in a statement that marines from Twentynine Palms, California, about two hours east of Los Angeles, are in “prepared to deploy status should they be necessary to augment and support the DoD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts”.

Pete Hegseth had spoken earlier about deploying US marines onto the streets of California following the protests that erupted in the wake of raids from Ice authorities in the state. Gavin Newsom has described that possibility as “deranged”.

There are currently roughly 300 members of the California national guard deployed in Los Angeles and the Trump administration has placed 2,000 soldiers under federal command.

Pussy Riot: ‘Police State exhibit closed due to Police State’

As police helicopters hovered overhead, and clusters of people who showed up to protest the recent Ice raids in Los Angeles moved through downtown Los Angeles, the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art announced had closed one of its locations early for “safety” reasons.

That meant closing the doors on its new exhibit, Police State, a live durational performance in which Nadya Tolokonnikova, the Pussy Riot co-founder and former Russian political prisoner, made art from within a replica Russian prison cell built in the art gallery.

“Police State Exhibit Closed Today Due to the Police State,” Tolokonnikova posted on Instagram after the closure was announced.

A spokesperson for the artist said in an email that Tolokonnikova “will continue her durational performance and installation POLICE STATE at Moca, even though the museum will close out of caution due to the LA protest,” and that she was live streaming audio from the protests outside into the exhibit.

Buildings around the gallery, the Geffen Contemporary at Moca were spray-painted with “Fuck Ice” slogans.

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The Los Angeles police department said the agency has declared an “unlawful assembly” in the civic center area of downtown Los Angeles, and that officers have arrested “a number” of people.

The development comes as the California Highway Patrol is attempting to remove people from the nearby 101 freeway, where protesters have brought traffic in both directions of the highway to a standstill. Meanwhile, Los Angeles police are now patrolling areas of the downtown on horseback, as some people appear to have set fire to an autonomous vehicle.

While speaking just minutes ago, the Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass urged protesters to remain peaceful and said that people should not be on the freeway or throw objects at police.

“The most important thing right now is that our city be peaceful,” Bass said. “Protest is appropriate to do, but it is just not appropriate for there to be violence.”

Bass has condemned the decision to deploy the national guard and said she joins the governor in asking the administration to rescind the order.

Karen Bass: 'We do not need to see our city torn apart'

The Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has said the deployment of the national guard is “the last thing Los Angeles needs”, and said she has received little information about how long troops will remain the city.

Bass, who is speaking at a press conference now, said she had discouraged the administration from bringing in the national guard. “I was hoping to prevent this situation from happening,” Bass said. “Our city is still trying to recover from the wildfires.”

“We do not need to see our city torn apart,” she said, adding that people are “terrified.”

Bass added that protests must remain peaceful. “I call on all angelenos to continue expressing your right, your anger, your outrage, but to do it peacefully.”

Trump doesn't rule out sending marines to California

As protests over immigration enforcement operations continue in Los Angeles, Donald Trump did not rule out sending active-duty marines to California, confirming his secretary of defense’s earlier suggestion.

Asked what the bar is to send marines, Trump said the bar is “what I think it is”.

The bar is what I think it is. If we see danger to our country and to our citizens, and we’ll be very, very strong in terms of law and order.

Earlier Pete Hegseth, Trump’s controversial and hardline defense secretary, raised the possibility of deploying US marines onto the streets of California following the protests that erupted in the wake of raids from Ice authorities in the state.

“Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE,” Hegseth wrote on social media.

“If violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized – they are on high alert,” Hegseth said. Camp Pendleton is a large military base south of Los Angeles and north of San Diego.

In response, California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, called the potential deployment of US marines “deranged” .

“The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior,” Newsom wrote on X.

Kamala Harris condemns Trump's 'dangerous escalation'

Kamala Harris, who resides in Los Angeles, has released a statement on the chaos unfolding in the city after Donald Trump took the stunning step of deploying the national guard against the wishes of the state’s governor.

“Deploying the national guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos,” the Democratic presidential nominee said. “In addition to the recent Ice raids in southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.”

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As law enforcement and national guard troops deployed by Donald Trump clashed with protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday, Gavin Newsom, the California governor, compared the president’s actions to those of a dictator.

Here are some pictures coming out of LA.

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This is from ABC News:

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Protesters block 101 freeway, says LAPD

Protesters have temporarily blocked traffic on the 101 freeway this afternoon, LAPD central division has said, with all traffic on both lanes stopped.

NBC News reports that protesters using an on-ramp from the area of the Edward R Roybal Federal Building temporarily blocked traffic on the 101 Freeway.

They streamed down an on-ramp into the southbound lanes as police tried to control the situation.

Protesters surrounded officers arriving in SUVs as crowds also massed at three major intersections in the area. The sound of less-lethal rounds being fired at protesters echoed off the high-rises and enveloped the scene near the federal complex.

Protesters continued to gather in downtown Los Angeles today despite the police declaration of an unlawful assembly and authorization to arrest anyone who throws items at officers.

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'Send the national guard home,' says California representative, adding Trump using 'theater' to distract from his 'failed policies'

Donald Trump wanted to create civil unrest by calling in the national guard to Los Angeles, representative Nanette Barragán has told CNN.

Telling CNN there is no need for national guard troops, and the Los Angeles police department “has it under control”, Barragán, a Democrat, urged protesters to keep it peaceful.

This is the president’s way to create some theater. It’s very dangerous, it creates mistrust and it’s a misuse of the National Guard.

She added that sending in troops is Trump’s way to distract the country from his “failed policies”.

“This is a president who didn’t even send in the national guard on January 6 … so this president really has no credibility when it comes to law and order,” she said.

“We just need to end these mass deportations, these raids that are happening in Los Angeles,” she said. “Send the national guard home.”

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Los Angeles police are shooting less-lethal rounds into crowds of protesters in downtown LA, NBC News reports.

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Newsom formally requests Trump administration rescind 'unlawful' deployment of national guard

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said he has made a formal request to the Trump administration to rescind its “unlawful” deployment of national guard troops in LA and return them to his command, calling the deployment “a serious breach of state sovereignty”.

“We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved,” Newsom said in a post on X. “This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California.”

Earlier, in a joint statement by Democratic governors condemning Trump’s deployment of the California national guard as an “alarming abuse of power”, Newsom and the other governors wrote: “Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous.”

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The Los Angeles Times reports that LAPD has been forcing protesters back away from the Metropolitan detention center.

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Officers have been seen pushing and striking protesters with batons this afternoon, according to a CNN field crew. They report that loud bangs rung out as officers deployed flash bangs in an attempt to disperse the crowd, who waved flags and signs with messages like “ICE out of our communities”.

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LAPD has also issued a dispersal order, as the Los Angeles Times reported earlier.

LAPD authorizes use of 'less lethal munitions' on crowd

As the Los Angeles Times reported earlier, the Los Angeles police department has declared the protest outside the Metropolitan detention center an “unlawful assembly”. It has also authorized “use of less lethal munitions” and orders everyone to leave the area or face arrest.

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Deputy director says FBI will pursue protesters who 'choose violence'

Dan Bongino, the deputy FBI director, has warned protesters who “choose violence tonight” that the FBI will investigate and pursue “all available leads for assault on a federal officer”.

“If you choose violence tonight, this message is for you,” Bongino wrote on X.

He issued the warning shortly after Donald Trump said he has asked members of his cabinet to take all necessary action to “liberate Los Angeles”.

“Although we’ll pursue every case, we don’t need to catch every single perp, we just need to catch you,” Bongino wrote. He said he and FBI director Kash Patel had directed their teams to use all of their available investigative and technological tools “to pursue you long after order is firmly established”.

“We will not forget. Even after you try to,” he warned.

Here’s the full post.

If you choose violence tonight, this message is for you. We will be investigating and pursuing all available leads for assault on a federal officer, in addition to the many arrests already made. And, although we’ll pursue every case, we don’t need to catch every single perp, we just need to catch you. A short time ago, the Director and I notified our teams to use all of our investigative and technological tools to pursue you long after order is firmly established. We will not forget. Even after you try to.

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'An alarming abuse of power': Democratic governors condemn Trump's deployment of National Guard

Democratic governors have condemned Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the California national guard, an action they called “an alarming abuse of power”.

“Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous,” the governors write in a statement, which California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, posted on X.

In their statement, the governors add that their executive authority to control each of their respective national guards must be respected, adding:

We stand with Governor Newsom who has made it clear that violence is unacceptable and that local authorities should be able to do their jobs without the chaos of this federal interference and intimidation.

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LAPD announces citywide 'tactical alert' for officers

The Los Angeles police department has placed officers citywide on a “tactical alert”, the department wrote on X.

During a tactical alert, all the department’s officers are on notice that they could be called up for service as needed to respond to any protests in the area. It also means officers currently on duty must remain on shift until relieved by their supervisors, and certain lower-priority calls for service from the public may not be addressed until the alert is lifted.

It allows for maintenance of high levels of staffing in the event of emergencies or large incidents. Such alerts also authorize overtime for officers.

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The Trump administration continues to frame the anti-Ice protests in LA as “violent”, with the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, writing on X:

The violent protesters in LA do not represent the proud and hardworking Mexican people we know and respect. Our actions protect all communities and uphold the rule of law. Mexico is our partner—and the ties between our nations run deep.

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Hundreds of people were spilling into the streets outside the Metropolitan detention center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon in ongoing protest against Ice raids throughout the city.

National guard officers have doubled in size to around 50, and are no longer posing but moving toward protesters with batons and riot shields.

Officers with Los Angeles police department were seen clearing streets by firing volleys of teargas and rubber bullets to clear the crowd. One protester with a bullhorn shouted: “We’re not afraid of you.”

Detainees inside MDC were heard rattling metal bars of windows in solidarity with protestors.

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Trump claims 'violent, insurrectionist mobs' are 'attacking' federal agents, and directs cabinet members to 'liberate LA'

Donald Trump has said that LA is being “invaded and occupied” and that “violent, insurrectionist mobs” are “attacking” federal agents, adding, “these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve”.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, the president said he is directing members of his cabinet to “take all such action necessary to liberate LA from the Migrant Invasion and put an end to these Migrant riots”.

The president, who has already deployed the national guard to the city and when asked earlier today did not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act, did not specify what the action would entail.

He wrote:

A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve. I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, in coordination with all other relevant Departments and Agencies, to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots. Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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National guard members then strike approaching protesters with batons and deploy gas canisters, prompting them to disperse in the opposite direction.

Footage is also shown of rubber bullets on the ground.

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Footage on Fox News shows a violent confrontation between several national guard members and a protester, which ends with the person being physically restrained on the ground and handcuffed.

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Protesters gathered outside the Metropolitan detention center in downtown LA are chanting “shame on you” at national guard soldiers who have created a perimeter around the federal building.

Other chants include: “Donald Trump, let’s be clear: immigrants are welcome here,” “say it once, say it twice, we will not put up with Ice” and “no hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.”

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LAPD declares unlawful assembly downtown

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has declared the crowd on the street outside the Metropolitan detention center in downtown LA an “unlawful assembly”.

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Earlier Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator for Connecticut, said in one of the most direct rebukes:

Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide. His movement doesn’t believe in democracy or protest – and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it. None of this is on the level.

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'Don’t give Donald Trump what he wants': Gavin Newsom urges protesters to stay peaceful

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has called on demonstrators to keep protests peaceful and not “give Donald Trump what he wants”.

In a post on X, he wrote:

California -- Don’t give Donald Trump what he wants.

Speak up. Stay peaceful. Stay calm.

Do not use violence and respect the law enforcement officers that are trying their best to keep the peace.

The large crowd outside the Metropolitan detention center appears peaceful, with demonstrators carrying flags and signs, standing against a line of national guard soldiers wearing shields, helmets and gas masks.

Last night, Newsom posted on X that the federal government sought a “spectacle” by deploying the National Guard and urged protestors not to give them one. He said:

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don’t give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

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This is from the Los Angeles Times:

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Pepper balls deployed against protesters outside Metropolitan detention center – CNN

CNN reports:

Law enforcement has launched pepper balls into the crowd outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center in an effort to disperse protestors, some of whom are seen throwing water bottles at officials and carrying signs decrying the police force, video shows.

Protestors have been clashing with National Guard, ICE and DHS agents outside of the detention center in Los Angeles on Sunday, where demonstrators gathered in the latest iteration of protests against the immigration raids that swept across California over the weekend.

In at least one instance earlier today, the National Guard appeared to use pepper balls, spray and tear gas to create a path for armored vehicles to enter the detention center. The crowd has spilled into the street, blocking traffic.

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National guard appear to throw tear gas canisters at protesters – NBC

National guard members deployed what appeared to be tear gas canisters at protesters on Alameda this afternoon, according to NBC News.

Protesters had gathered around a federal building where National Guard members were deployed. The National Guard members threw canisters that let out a smoke-like material when they hit the ground. The action made the crowd disperse.

The crowd began to slowly gather around the federal building again minutes after the incident. National Guard members have created a perimeter around the building.

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Trump's deployment of national guard is a 'chaotic escalation', says LA mayor

Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles is a “chaotic escalation”, the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, has said.

In a post on X, Bass wrote:

This morning, President Trump deployed the National Guard into Los Angeles.

Deploying federalized troops on the heels of these raids is a chaotic escalation.

The fear people are feeling in our city right now is very real – it’s felt in our communities and within our families and it puts our neighborhoods at risk. This is the last thing that our city needs, and I urge protestors to remain peaceful.

I’ve been in touch this morning with immigrant rights leaders as well as local law enforcement officials. Los Angeles will always stand with everyone who calls our city home.

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This footage is from CNN. It shows national guard soldiers moving forward and pushing protesters back in LA.

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NBC News reports that a group of protesters have gathered in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of LA.

Video shows the protesters scattered in an area near National Guard vehicles. One protester is carrying a Mexican flag. National Guard members have formed a perimeter around their vehicles, and are facing the protesters.

The protesters plan to march to downtown Los Angeles to join a rally planned for 2pm local time.

Trump says he doesn't think events in California are an 'insurrection' - but doesn't rule out invoking Insurrection Act

Asked if he’s prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act, Donald Trump told reporters in New Jersey: “It depends on whether or not there’s an insurrection.”

Asked if he thinks there is one, Trump replied: “No, no, but we have violent people and we’re not going to let them get away with it.”

In response to another journalist’s question, Trump said: “I think you’re going to see some very strong law and order.”

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Other lawmakers from outside California also condemning Donald Trump’s decision to send in the national guard in response to the protests against federal immigration crackdowns.

In a post on X on Sunday, Vermont’s Democratic representative Becca Balint said:

“ICE descended upon immigrant communities in LA, targeting innocent people just trying to live their lives, and when ICE was met with fierce opposition Trump deployed the National Guard. This is not ‘going after criminals,’ it’s a scary escalation meant to sow even more fear and division.”

Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic representative for Texas, has also weighed in on Donald Trump’s deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles, saying on Sunday:

“First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash Ice to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the national guard in LA to silence protesters. This ain’t about law and order. This is what authoritarianism looks like.”

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Trump's 'border czar': 'Every day in LA we're going to enforce immigration law'

Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, doubled down on the federal government’s pursuit of immigration crackdowns, despite widespread protests in Los Angeles that are held against the raids.

Speaking to NBC, Homan said:

“I’m telling you what, we’re going to keep enforcing law every day in LA … Every day in LA, we’re going to enforce immigration law. I don’t care if they like it or not.”

Homan went on to say that he would arrest anyone who obstructs immigration enforcement and did not rule out whether that would include California governor Gavin Newsom or Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass.

Instead, he said:

“I’ll say it about anybody … You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job.”

Newsom, Bass and a slew of California leaders have sharply criticized the Trump administration’s crackdowns against migrant communities, and more recently, Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 California national guards to Los Angeles county – at the objection of both Newsom and Bass themselves.

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Speaking to CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem accused Los Angeles leaders of failing at their jobs and said mayor Karen Bass “refused to recognise the dangerous situation she is perpetuating”.

Noem said:

“Often times in these cities, you have good leaders that help give back up to other law enforcement officers, but you have politicians who won’t give that kind of resource when it’s needed, unfortunately, waiting several hours for LAPD to show up.”

In response a question about the US attorney in Los Angeles telling CBS that Los Angeles police did help, Noem pushed back and said:

“They waited until we had officers in dangerous situations, then they responded.”

Noem then went on to urge demonstrators to “go to Congress and change” laws instead of protesting on the streets.

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Here are some images coming through the newswires from Los Angeles county:

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California governor Gavin Newsom on Trump: 'He's hoping for chaos'

On Sunday, California governor Gavin Newsom urged protestors to stay peaceful, saying that Donald Trump is “sending 2,000 national guard troops into LA county – not to meet an unmet need, but to manufacture a crisis”.

Newsom, who previously warned that Trump’s decision was for the sake of a spectacle, said:

“He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control. Stay calm. Never use violence. Stay peaceful.”

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Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Stern told the Guardian he had been covering the protest near a branch of Home Depot in Paramount, where immigrants workers are typically hired for day work, when he felt a sharp pain in his leg.

“I’m walking around taking photos and was untouched until around 9pm. I was walking across the road when I felt a mighty pain in my leg. I put my hand down and felt a lump kind of sticking out the back of my leg,” he said.

Stern believes he was probably hit by a non-lethal round that deputies were using along with flash-bang stun grenades for crowd control.

“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER.”

For the full story, click here:

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Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna was asked about how law enforcement would respond if protests turn violent.

Luna said:

“I really hope that that is not the case, but in the business that I am in, I have to prepare for the worst. That’s why we’re calling in more resources. And as I was coming in, some of the larger groups were starting to disperse. So I urge them to please leave the area so that nothing nobody gets hurt, nobody gets arrested, if possible …

We’re going to maintain a significant presence here in the city of Paramount and we’re going to keep an eye on the rest of the county, just to make sure that other uprisings don’t start, and if they do that, there’s no violence or property damage there as well …

I never give specific numbers on deployment, but I can assure you, it’s several dozen groups of deputies that are here with more coming in.”

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House minority leader: 'This is the United States of America and we will not be intimidated by a wannabe dictator'

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, condemned the arrest and detention of David Huerta, the president of the California branch of the Service Employees International Union.

In a statement on X, Jeffries said:

“The violent assault and arrest of California SEIU president David Huerta is unacceptable. Mr. Huerta should be released immediately and all charges dropped …

Observing law enforcement activity is not a crime and the administration’s deployment of the national guard in response is inflammatory and provocative.

This is the United States of America and we will not be intimidated by a wannabe dictator in the executive branch. House Democrats will stand with David Huerta for as along as it takes until the charges are dropped, and the rogue federal actions that have been unleashed will be completely investigated and exposed.”

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California governor Gavin Newsom pushed back against Donald Trump over the president’s decision to deploy the national guard in Los Angeles, saying on Sunday morning:

For those keeping track, Donald Trump’s National Guard had not been deployed on the ground when he posted this.

Here is a map of the protests occuring across Los Angeles in response to federal immigration raids:

Here are a selection of photographs from protests in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Immigration officers could be in California for a month, a Democrat congresswoman has been told.

Nanette Barragán, who has Paramount in her constituency, said she has been told to prepare for a large presence of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

“We’ve been told to get ready for 30 days of enforcement. Thirty days of ICE enforcement,” Barragán told CNN’s Dana Bash today, adding that the presence of national guardsmen is “going to escalate the situation.”

“We haven’t asked for the help. We don’t need the help. This is [President Trump] escalating it, causing tensions to rise. It’s only going to make things worse in a situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement,” she said.

She joined the calls for calm – but said protests on Saturday night were peaceful. She said: “Last night, when I talked to the sheriff, he had told me the situation in Paramount was under control, the people that were peacefully protest have left.

“The situation was now across the street into the Compton area and this was the unruly folks – that Saturday night crowd – the people that were there to actually protest immigration were gone.

“We agree that if you’re being violent, you should be arrested, you should be prosecuted.”

President Trump is expected to meet senior members of his administration today at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.

“The White House has organized what will become a regular off campus retreat of principals attended by the President and vice-president,” a White House official told CNN.

They’ll meet on a number of issues and topics, the official said.

Attendees are expected to include vice-president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, according to another person familiar with the meeting.

Trump is expected to stay at Camp David tonight and return to the White House tomorrow, according to the White House official.

As Los Angeles wakes up, people in the city will be waiting to see if a third day of protests gets underway.

Tensions were high after a series of sweeps by immigration authorities on Friday, including in LA’s fashion district and at a Home Depot, as more than 100 people have been arrested in the city in the last week.

A prominent union leader was arrested while protesting and accused of impeding law enforcement.

The White House announced that Trump would deploy the national guard to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.” Troops have begun to arrive in LA on Sunday morning.

Newsom, a Democrat, said in a post on the social platform X that it was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.” He later said the federal government wants a spectacle and joined calls by the city’s mayor Karen Bass for demonstrations to stay peaceful.

In a signal of the administration’s aggressive approach, defense secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to deploy the US marines.

Trump’s order came after clashes in Paramount and nearby Compton, where a car was set on fire. Protests continued into the evening in Paramount, with several hundred demonstrators gathered near a doughnut shop, and authorities holding up barbed wire to keep the crowd back.

Crowds also gathered again outside federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles, including a detention centre, where local police declared an unlawful assembly and began to arrest people.

Here’s a video of events yesterday, during the second day of protests in Los Angeles sparked by an immigration crackdown on Friday.

National guard troops arrive in LA

National guard troops have arrived in Los Angeles, according to footage broadcast by news network ABC7.

The video showed troops in the downtown area of the city, ahead of an expected demonstration near City Hall.

They were also seen making their way through the Paramount area of LA, near Alondra and Orange.

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California’s governor Gavin Newsom has said the potential deployment of US marines would be “deranged”, after it was threatened by the secretary of defence.

“The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior,” Newsom wrote on X.

Earlier Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s controversial and hardline defense secretary, had raised the possibility of deploying US marines onto the streets of the Democrat-run state amid the protests that had erupted in the wake of Ice raids in the state.

You can find more from our report from Edward Helmore and Lauren Gambino at the link below

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One person was arrested overnight in connection with the protest in Paramount, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.

The New York Times reported two officers had been treated in hospital for injuries and discharged.

It added that one car had been burned and a fire at a local strip mall had been extinguished.

President Trump appears to have used a federal law to order the national guard to go to Los Angeles, rather than the 18th century Insurrection Act.

The national guard is a hybrid entity that serves both state and federal interests. Often, it operates under state command and control, using state funding. Sometimes national guard troops will be assigned by their state to serve federal missions, remaining under state command but using federal funding.

The law cited by Trump’s proclamation places national guard troops under federal command.

The law says this can be done under three circumstances: when the US is invaded or in danger of invasion; when there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the US government; or when the president is unable to “execute the laws of the United States”, with regular forces.

But the law also says that orders for those purposes “shall be issued through the governors of the States”. It’s not immediately clear whether the president can activate national guard troops without the order of that state’s governor – especially pertinent given the order has been made despite the objections of California governor Gavin Newsom.

We have a broader explainer available here:

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Trump praises national guard, though troops have not arrived

President Trump has praised the efforts of the national guard in calming the protests in Los Angeles, despite the city’s mayor saying troops have yet to arrive.

In a post on his social media platform TruthSocial, Trump said:

Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task.

These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED. Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why??? Again, thank you to the National Guard for a job well done!”

However just an hour after Trump’s post, Bass tweeted: “I want to thank LAPD and local law enforcement for their work tonight. I also want to thank Gavin Newsom for his support.

“Just to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles.”

About 2,000 troops could be deployed to the city in California, after an immigration crackdown led to protests that have run into two days.

The time in LA is approaching 5am, and it is still yet to be seen whether the unrest will run into a third day.

We’ll be bringing you the latest, including the political reaction to the protests and Trump’s decision.

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