The protests broke out following dozens of arrests the day prior in citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
Hundreds of protesters rallied in Los Angeles late Friday afternoon, to condemn the ICE immigration raids that took place at three different locations across L.A. earlier in the day. US President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen in Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Saturday: "We are making Los Angeles safer."
-The protests broke out following dozens of arrests the day prior in citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. On Friday, ICE officers executed search warrants at multiple locations including outside a clothing warehouse in the Fashion District, reports CBS News
-The action came after a judge found probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the US Attorney's Office.
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-A tense scene unfolded as a crowd attempted to prevent agents from leaving in their vehicles. Meanwhile, protests on Friday also erupted around a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, after demonstrators heard reports that detainees were allegedly being held in the building's basement.
-Advocates for immigrants' rights said there were also migration detentions outside Home Depot and Dale's Donuts stores. On Saturday, protests erupted in the L.A. County city of Paramount after it appeared that federal law enforcement officers were conducting another immigration operation there.
-The Department of Homeland Security announced that recent ICE operations in Los Angeles led to the arrest of 118 immigrants this week, with 44 of those detained during Friday’s actions. According to the DHS, the arrests included five individuals connected to criminal organizations, as well as others with prior criminal records.
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-Following the Friday arrests, protesters gathered in the evening outside a federal detention center, chanting, "Set them free, let them stay!" Some held signs with anti-ICE slogans, and some scrawled graffiti on the building.
-Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth wrote on X that his department was "mobilising the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles". "And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilised - they are on high alert," he added.
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-The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was “moving to take over” the California national guard. Newsom said the mobilization was “purposefully inflammatory” and warned that it would “only escalate tensions”. “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,” he said later. “Don’t give them one.”
-Trump hit out at the governor on his Truth Social platform, saying that if he and Bass could not do their jobs, "then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!"
Here are ten points you need to know on California protests:
-On Saturday, California witnessed unrest for second day in a row as residents of a predominantly Latino district clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal agents. Cops resorted to tear gas and batons to disperse crowds in the Paramount district.-The protests broke out following dozens of arrests the day prior in citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. On Friday, ICE officers executed search warrants at multiple locations including outside a clothing warehouse in the Fashion District, reports CBS News
-The action came after a judge found probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the US Attorney's Office.
ALSO READ: Trump deploys 2,000 national guard troops to LA amid growing anti-ICE protests
-A tense scene unfolded as a crowd attempted to prevent agents from leaving in their vehicles. Meanwhile, protests on Friday also erupted around a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, after demonstrators heard reports that detainees were allegedly being held in the building's basement.
-Advocates for immigrants' rights said there were also migration detentions outside Home Depot and Dale's Donuts stores. On Saturday, protests erupted in the L.A. County city of Paramount after it appeared that federal law enforcement officers were conducting another immigration operation there.
-The Department of Homeland Security announced that recent ICE operations in Los Angeles led to the arrest of 118 immigrants this week, with 44 of those detained during Friday’s actions. According to the DHS, the arrests included five individuals connected to criminal organizations, as well as others with prior criminal records.
ALSO READ: Amid Trump-Musk spat, Tesla CEO's immigration status under scanner. Can President deport him?
-Following the Friday arrests, protesters gathered in the evening outside a federal detention center, chanting, "Set them free, let them stay!" Some held signs with anti-ICE slogans, and some scrawled graffiti on the building.
-Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth wrote on X that his department was "mobilising the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles". "And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilised - they are on high alert," he added.
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-The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was “moving to take over” the California national guard. Newsom said the mobilization was “purposefully inflammatory” and warned that it would “only escalate tensions”. “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,” he said later. “Don’t give them one.”
-Trump hit out at the governor on his Truth Social platform, saying that if he and Bass could not do their jobs, "then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!"
