June 6 At approximately 9:15a.m.
PDT on June 6, an immigration raid was conducted within the
Los Angeles Fashion District; two other raids occurred at a clothing wholesaler and a
Home Depot in
Westlake.
Bill Essayli, the acting
United States Attorney for the Central District of California, said that
David Huerta, the California president of the
Service Employees International Union, was arrested for blocking a vehicle and charged with felony conspiracy to impede an officer. Huerta was injured and taken to the hospital, where he was transferred to the
Metropolitan Detention Center.
Angelica Salas, the director of the
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, stated that there were seven raids in which 45 people had been detained. Clashes between protesters and ICE agents in
riot gear occurred near the Westlake Home Depot. ICE also arrested several people at a clothing store and clashed with activists. Crowds formed in the evening outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. Approximately 200 protesters remained at the facility by 7p.m., when the
Los Angeles Police Department declared the protest to be an
unlawful assembly and ordered protesters to disperse. The police department authorized the use of
less-lethal munitions the following hour. According to Peggy Lemons, the mayor of
Paramount, California, a confrontation near a Home Depot in Paramount began after protesters observed
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers staging near a local branch building. The DHS estimated that one thousand people were protesting and had surrounded the building. According to
The New York Times, the protests have delayed processing of detainees. By June 7, 118 undocumented immigrants had been arrested in Los Angeles, according to the DHS. In Paramount, protestors blocked a street with shopping carts and a recycling bin. Federal agents then deployed
flash bang grenades and
pepper balls, injuring two people. According to an attorney with the
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, some protestors were throwing bricks, and others looked injured. At 2:30p.m., LAPD issued a dispersal order using
loudspeakers.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies then used tear gas against the protesters to disperse them. One ICE agent sustained injuries after a rock thrown by a protestor struck the windshield on the vehicle they were driving and cut their hand. Shortly before 11p.m., protestors threw an object at and hit a
police cruiser as it was leaving the area at an intersection in Downtown Los Angeles. By night, the protests reached
Compton, where several demonstrators threw glass bottles filled with a substance that reportedly smelled like
gasoline. In an interview with
Fox News, White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations
Tom Homan announced that the
National Guard would be sent into Los Angeles that night. That evening, President
Donald Trump signed a memorandum deploying 2,000 members of the
California National Guard to the protests; the memorandum specified that the deployment would last for either 60 days, or for a length of time "at the discretion of the secretary of defense". Trump invoked to federalize the National Guard. In a
tweet,
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated that active duty
Marines were on "high alert" at
Camp Pendleton.
June 8 Protests died down in the early morning of June 8, but were still ongoing, with organizers calling for another day of protesting. At 11:30 a.m.,
Centro CSO held a rally followed by a march to the detention center in downtown Los Angeles. Protests outside of
Los Angeles City Hall occurred around 2p.m. Three hundred
California Army National Guard troops from the
79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were deployed to three separate locations in Los Angeles; most of the troops were seen outside of federal buildings. At the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the National Guard and DHS officers used smoke and pepper spray to displace protesters and make way for DHS, Border Patrol, and military vehicles to enter the facility. National Guard troops also arrived outside the MDC. Police had arrived to join the National Guard by noon. Trump later threatened to "have troops everywhere" if the protests spread to other cities and said "if we see danger to our country and our citizens", the Marines would be deployed to the city. At 2:30p.m., the LAPD Central Division announced that the City of Los Angeles is on "
tactical alert". The LAPD Central Division later announced that less-lethal munitions had been authorized for use to disperse the protest, people throwing objects at officers would be arrested, and that the
Incident commander had declared an
unlawful assembly. Two LAPD officers were injured after motorcyclists attempted to breach a skirmish line and hit them at a protest in the Alameda and Temple area. Both riders were detained and the officers were treated at the scene. The Los Angeles Police Department announced that a number of people were arrested at the
Civic Center area of Downtown Los Angeles, including several people who were detained and handcuffed with
zip ties. Before 4p.m., protestors entered the
U.S. 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles and blocked traffic, causing police to subsequently shut down the freeway in both directions. The LAPD announced that parts of the freeway and multiple streets were closed to drivers as a result of protests. Police reported people were shooting fireworks at officers. Rocks, scooters, and cinder blocks were thrown at police cars. People attempted to set police cruisers on fire. Protesters also threw cinder blocks at police officers and other people. Five
Waymo driverless cars were vandalized, set alight, and destroyed. LAPD officials warned that burning lithium-ion batteries releases toxic gasses. The following day, Waymo suspended service and removed their vehicles in Downtown Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the company said they do not believe the cars were intentionally targeted. The service remained in operation in other areas of Los Angeles. At around 4p.m., Newsom sent a letter to Secretary Hegseth requesting him to rescind Trump's order to deploy the National Guard, calling it a "serious breach of state sovereignty". By night, the LAPD also announced on their social media that the entire downtown Los Angeles area was considered to be an unlawful assembly and urged everyone to leave the area. The LAPD reported that
looting had occurred at Downtown Los Angeles stores in the area of
6thStreet and
Broadway, as well as near 8th Street and Broadway. Also, several fires were reportedly set in dumpsters and trash bins. Numerous buildings, including the
Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters, the
United States Courthouse, and the old
Los Angeles Times Building, were
tagged with
graffiti. At least one store had windows shattered by alleged looters. Multiple windows at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters were also broken. Late in the night, the City of
Glendale, California, decided to terminate its detention agreement with ICE, in part as a reaction to the protests and unrest in Los Angeles.
June 9 ' video published by DOD In the early afternoon of June 9, SEIU organized a rally at
Grand Park with thousands of participants. Senators
Adam Schiff (D-CA) and
Alex Padilla (D-CA) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and
Department of Justice demanding that a review of the arrest of Huerta be performed. Huerta was released later that afternoon from custody on a $50,000 bond. Centro CSO held a press conference followed by a rally at Mariachi Plaza at 5:30 p.m., followed by a march to Hollenbeck Police Station in
Boyle Heights. Protestors vandalized a federal building with graffiti and chanted "National Guard, Out of LA", "ICE out of LA", "Trump out of LA" and "Shame on you" in the streets. Guards with
riot shields warned protestors to stay off of the property and stick to the sidewalk. After night fell, many protesters were detained with zip-ties before being loaded onto a Los Angeles Police Department bus. Other protestors threw objects at police, including fireworks. A
Telemundo news van was also vandalized by protestors. Police threw flash bangs and shot rubber bullets at a crowd of protestors downtown after telling people to clear the area and stop throwing things on a loudspeaker. Several stores were looted including an
Apple Store, an
Adidas store, a jewelry store, and pharmacies. The words "No ICE" were spray painted on broken store windows. The Los Angeles Police Department declared a tactical alert adding that "all uniformed personnel are to remain on duty". Around 9 p.m.,
CNN correspondent
Jason Carroll was detained and two of his camera crew were arrested. As of 9:30 p.m., police officers and deputies still maintained a large presence, but all protesters had left the area, and a cleanup effort had begun to clear
debris in the streets, sweep up glass, and paint over messages/graffiti. Speaking to reporters at the
White House, Trump described the protesters as "
insurrectionists" and then later via
Truth Social while also placing the blame on Governor Newsom. Many in the media speculated that this language could give him a rationale for invoking the
1807 Insurrection Act. By midday, the number of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles had increased from 300 The same day, an additional 2,000 National Guard members were authorized by Trump for deployment, bringing the total to more than 4,100. The Trump administration promoted that more troops were in LA than serving in Iraq or Syria, and suggested more troops would be deployed in more cities. Media reports described soldiers as not receiving sufficient tents, portable bathrooms, or dumpsters when they were deployed to Los Angeles, and that it was unknown where the soldiers would sleep as of June9. Senior military leaders said the soldiers would continue sleeping on floors or outdoors until June12, at which point federal officials would decide whether to make plans for more permanent lodging.
The Guardian reported that several dozen Marines and California National Guard troops were "deeply unhappy" about the deployment and felt like "pawns in a political battle they do not want to join". Late Monday night, the
San Francisco Chronicle published a leaked letter from Secretary of Homeland Security
Kristi Noem to US Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth that requested "[d]irection to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under
Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them." Noem also asked for "drone surveillance support" as well as weapons and logistics assistance in Los Angeles.
June 10 Further protests occurred in the afternoon of June10 in the downtown area outside the
300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building, the
Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, and the Metropolitan Detention Center. The gathering was declared an unlawful assembly by the LAPD slightly after 2 p.m. Police began arrests of the protesters around 3p.m. following a dispersal order. By June10, the number of National Guard members deployed to Los Angeles had reached 2,100. National Guardsmen began being seen accompanying and protecting ICE agents as they made immigration arrests. The 700 Marines that had been deployed also arrived in the greater Los Angeles area on this day. The area under curfew is bordered by the
I-5,
I-10, and
I-110 freeways. The affected neighborhoods included
Fashion District,
Financial District,
Skid Row,
Arts District, and
Chinatown. A woman walking near her residence was shot
point blank by LAPD with less lethal ammunition.
Los Angeles Metro Rail and
Metro Bus service through downtown was also curtailed for approximately one hour before being resumed.
June 11 Three separate protests occurred in downtown Los Angeles in the afternoon of June 11. An hour before the 8 p.m. curfew took effect, LAPD officers at City Hall declared one such an
unlawful assembly, whereupon
mounted police charged at the protestors and munitions were fired; batons were also used. Immigrant rights organization
CHIRLA estimated that based on reports from family members, approximately 300 immigrants have been detained from June 6 to 11. The organization stated it was unable to determine the locations of many of the detained people, having only been able to speak to five in federal detention. In Boyle Heights, at the intersection of Calzona Street on
Whittier Boulevard, masked DHS agents in unmarked cars pinned and rammed a vehicle occupied by four civilians; a US citizen named Christian Damian Cerno-Camacho, his wife, and their two infant children. Agents fired a pepper ball into the Mercedes sedan and ordered Cerno-Camacho out of the vehicle at gunpoint, detaining and driving off with him. Bystanders provided support to Cerno-Camacho's wife and children, and filed an incident report with LAPD. A store's security footage of the incident spread on social media; in response, Department of Homeland Security confirmed they were responsible on
Twitter, stating "This was no
hit and run. This was a targeted arrest of a violent rioter who punched a
CBP officer. When Homeland Security Investigations tried to arrest Christian Damian Cerno-Camacho for the assault, he attempted to flee. He was ultimately arrested and taken into custody." After Senator Alex Padilla interjected and attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in LA, he was forcibly removed. Once outside the room, he was pushed face-down to the ground and handcuffed. In a statement afterwards, Padilla said: "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question... I can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers throughout the Los Angeles community, and throughout California and throughout the country." The episode sparked outrage among lawmakers, demanding an investigation. Senior US District Judge
Charles Breyer ruled that Trump's federalization of California's National Guard was illegal and ordered him to return control of the troops to the State of California by mid-day the next day. The Ninth Circuit appeals court immediately blocked the order to give Trump one week to appeal. Trump, in a Truth Social post, announced a stop on ICE raids at farms, hotels and restaurants, citing the negative impact of the raids on the agriculture, hotel, and leisure industries. In addition to residents in the curfew zone, persons going to and from work, first responders, and those responding to emergencies, who were already exempted, curfew exemptions were also granted to attendees of events at the
Mark Taper Forum and
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which were cancelled previous nights.
June 13 On June 13, the Marines detained a civilian outside the
Wilshire Federal Building, the first known instance of them doing so at the Los Angeles protests.
June 14 On June 14, multiple
"No Kings" protests were held in Los Angeles together with the ongoing anti-ICE protests. At 12:02 p.m., the LAPD issued a traffic warning for the Civic Center, the
Historic Core, and the Financial District due to the combined protests. A crowd numbering a few hundred protested in front of the Los Angeles Federal Building, booing and chanting "shame" at the Marines and National Guard members stationed there. At around 5:00 p.m., three hours before the curfew, police dispersed a crowd of 30,000 protestors at
Grand Park, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. At least one demonstrator was hospitalized with a head injury from a rubber bullet. Multiple LAPD officers were also
hit by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters fired by LASD. The crowd was later dispersed from the Federal Building by police.
June 17 On June 17, the Trump administration activated an additional 2,000 National Guard troops from the
49th Military Police Brigade to Los Angeles. On the morning of June 17, a 20-year-old
Walmart employee and U.S. citizen witnessed
Border Patrol agents arresting another employee in front of the store in
Pico Rivera. After he moved the other employee's trash can in front of the agents' vehicle, agents shoved the first employee to the ground and arrested him, with prosecutor
Bill Essayli claiming he punched an agent in the face, though bystander video did not show this. That night, friends of the arrested employee held a protest in Pico Rivera, chanting "ICE out of Pico" and waving Mexican and American flags. Trump reversed his own policy on agriculture, hotel, and other worksite raids from June 12. He also released a statement on social media directing ICE to prioritize deportations in Democratic-run cities, listing Los Angeles,
Chicago and
New York City as examples. The downtown Los Angeles curfew was ended by Bass; it had been modified to run from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the previous night.
June 18 On June 18, roughly 500 California National Guard soldiers attached to Task Force 51 were deployed to assist multiple federal law enforcement agencies in raids on a large marijuana growth operation 130 miles from Los Angeles in the eastern
Coachella Valley. A NORTHCOM spokesperson stated that the "catalyst of this order was related to events occurring in Los Angeles; however, the president's order and NORTHCOM's mission is not constrained by the geography of Southern California".
June 19 On June 19, protesters gathered outside
Dodger Stadium after the
Los Angeles Dodgers reported that ICE agents attempted to enter and were turned away. DHS disputed this, saying the agents were from CBP and that they were not attempting to enter the stadium. A scheduled game between the Dodgers and the
San Diego Padres was held as planned. Judges
Mark J. Bennett,
Eric D. Miller, and
Jennifer Sung of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed Judge Breyer's June 12 order and granted Trump's motion for a stay pending appeal. This reversal allows the federal government to maintain control of the National Guard in Los Angeles.
June 20 Multiple immigration raids continued throughout Los Angeles County on June 20, including the suburb area of
Bell, where federal agents were met by hundreds of protestors while attempting to arrest workers at a local car wash. The Los Angeles Dodgers released a statement that they will coordinate with the City of Los Angeles to help immigrant communities affected by the raids by donating
$1 million for legal services. Vice President
JD Vance arrived in Los Angeles in the late afternoon and visited the
Wilshire Federal Building. He failed to meet state and local authorities, and denied all local press from attending his media conference, before leaving to attend a Republican National Committee fundraiser. He said that Los Angeles needs to be "liberated from immigrants" and mocked local officials, including calling his former senate colleague Senator Alex Padilla "José Padilla".
June 24 On June 24, around 9:00 a.m., masked agents detained several people, including two
street vendors and a US citizen, near East 9th Street and South
Spring Street. A crowd of people amassed protesting the arrests. A demonstration denouncing LAPD for collaborating with ICE was held outside LAPD headquarters in the afternoon.
July 7 On July 7, roughly 90 Guardsmen joined several federal agencies lead by
Greg Bovino in a "show of force" at
MacArthur Park in central Los Angeles in mid-day, with armored vehicles, agents on horseback and brandished weapons. Mayor Bass arrived at the scene and stated "I think that's a message that they're testing in LA to see how much will Angelenos put up with, and that they're going to roll it out around the country." Defense officials stated it was not a military operation, but acknowledged the size and scope could make it look like one to the public. After confronting Mayor Bass, photographing their own presence, federal forces left after one hour.
July 15 On July 15, 2,000 of the National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were withdrawn from Los Angeles by the Pentagon. This came almost a week after the
U.S. Northern Command General
Gregory Guillot requested to
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth if 200 national guards could be withdrawn and redeployed as
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