Chaos erupted in Los Angeles and surrounding areas Saturday when anti-American agitators attempted to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from carrying out deportations.
Man with a Mexican flag circles a burning car during anti-ICE unrest in Los Angeles as President @realDonaldTrump demands Democratic leaders get the situation under control. pic.twitter.com/iqHW9h608f
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 8, 2025
Rocks were thrown at agents, which resulted in injuries.
BREAKING: Protesters have surrounded the federal detention center in Los Angeles. California isn’t backing down, this is a full-blown standoff with the feds. pic.twitter.com/d4495b5N7i
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 7, 2025
Things escalated throughout the day, resulting in President Donald Trump calling in the National Guard to restore order.
"In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California. These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens," the White House released in a statement Saturday night. "That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester. The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs. These criminals will be arrested and swiftly brought to justice. The Commander-in-Chief will ensure the laws of the United States are executed fully and completely.”
BREAKING 🚨: Protestors are now taking hammers to cement blocks to break them down and use against DHS police.
— Anthony (@AnthonyCabassa_) June 7, 2025
This is about to get way worse unless LAPD is ordered to assist. pic.twitter.com/R89LKhPTef
But the rioters and the Democrat politicians stoking the flames proved the point Trump and his American supporters have been making for years. Vice President JD Vance summed it up nicely.
"One of the main technical issues in the immigration judicial battles is whether Biden's border crisis counted as an 'invasion,'" Vance said on X. "So now we have foreign nationals with no legal right to be in the country waving foreign flags and assaulting law enforcement. If only we had a good word for that. The president will deploy the national guard to quell these protests, and any person who violates the law or obstructs law enforcement will be aggressively prosecuted."
Support for deporting *ALL* illegal immigrants in the country is at about 70%.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 8, 2025
It’ll go to even higher after this. https://t.co/wQs95dpULI
Editor's Note: President Trump isn't going to allow lawlessness to reign in America. We will not have a repeat of 2020's "Summer of Love."
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