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Here’s where things stand on Monday 9 June 2025:
- Security forces fire tear gas and rubber bullets in downtown Los Angeles after United States President Donald Trump sent in National Guard troops to quell protests against immigration raids.
- The clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Centre come on the third day of Trump’s immigration crackdown, with dozens of people, including undocumented migrants, rounded up in raids across Los Angeles by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
- Trump says his deployment of the National Guard is necessary, but his opponents, including California Governor Gavin Newson, say it’s an overreaction that will only escalate tensions.
Trump administration is ‘stoking fear’, says Kamala Harris
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has said the Trump administration’s actions “are not about public safety – they’re about stoking fear”.
“Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos… it is part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division,” she said.
In the statement posted on X, Harris, the former attorney general of California, added that “protest is a powerful tool – essential in the fight for justice”.
“I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms,” she said.
Following her US presidential election loss, Harris is considering running for governor of California, her home state, in 2026, according to reports from CBS.
Trump’s order is first time National Guard deployed without request since 1965
Trump’s order to call in the National Guard is unusual for bypassing the wishes of state authorities.
The last time a US president deployed the National Guard without receiving a request from state-level authorities was in 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson called in troops to protect civil rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has called Trump’s calling in of the National Guard “purposefully inflammatory” and formally requested the US president to rescind “their unlawful deployment”.
‘We will not forget’: Deputy FBI director warns protestors on violence
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has delivered a warning to protestors who “choose violence,” pledging that perpetrators will be pursued long after the protests have subsided.
“We will be investigating and pursuing all available leads for assault on a federal officer, in addition to the many arrests already made,” Bongino said in a post on X.
“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.”
Photos: Scenes from Los Angeles as protests continue
LA authorities declare protests illegal, order crowds to disperse
I’m on the 101 Freeway, and it’s quite noisy here.
Officers with the LA sheriff are here, holding the line, so that no one can get on the freeway. That’s because this is a very busy freeway.
They are trying to keep the crowd contained.
It looks like the crowd has thinned out a little bit. But they’ve also spread out.
People are shouting “shame, shame”, but no one is getting too close to the officers.
We can hear the occasional flash bangs, as well as the sound of helicopters overhead, telling us we need to leave. We’ve also just had an emergency alert on our phones, telling us this is an illegal assembly and that people must disperse.
Down on the freeway, we can see vehicles from the LAPD and sheriff’s office lined up, presumably because when police do move in, they’re expecting there to be mass arrests.
FBI seeks information on man accused of assault, property damage
The FBI in LA is seeking information on a man accused of assaulting a federal officer and causing damage to government property.
The bureau is offering a reward of $50,000 for information leading to his identification and arrest.
Kamala Harris slams Trump’s ‘cruel, calculated agenda’
The former vice president, who lives in Los Angeles, says she is “appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city”.
In a post on X, she said the ICE raids and the deployment of the National Guard are “part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division”.
She added, “This administration’s actions are not about public safety – they’re about stoking fear.”
Newsom says Trump’s actions are that of a dictator
The California governor has slammed Trump’s actions in Los Angeles.
“Inciting and provoking violence. Creating mass chaos. Militarising cities. Arresting opponents. These are acts of a dictator, not a President,” Newsom wrote on X.
Protesters set fire to self-driving cars
The demonstrators in Los Angeles have sprayed graffiti on and set fire to several vehicles belonging to Waymo, a company that offers autonomous ride-hailing services.
Los Angelenos can protest but violence will not be tolerated, LA mayor says
LA Mayor Karen Bass has warned residents that violence and vandalism will not be tolerated.
“We will always protect the constitutional right for Angelenos to peacefully protest,” Bass said in a post on X.
“However, violence, destruction and vandalism will not be tolerated in our City and those responsible will be held fully accountable.”
White House rejects Newsom’s appeal
As we’ve been reporting, the California governor has called on Trump to rescind his order deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
The Reuters news agency is reporting that the White House has reacted to that appeal.
“President Trump rightfully stepped in to restore law and order because of Gavin Newsom’s feckless leadership and his refusal to stop the violent attacks on American law enforcement,” spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Reuters.
“It’s a bald-faced lie for Newsom to claim there was no problem in Los Angeles before President Trump got involved. Everyone saw the chaos, violence, and lawlessness – unless, of course, Gavin Newsom doesn’t think any of that is a problem,” she added.
What is the National Guard?
It is made up of part-time soldiers who can be used at the state and federal levels.
Under the authority of state governors, National Guard troops can be deployed to respond to emergencies, such as the COVID pandemic, hurricanes and other natural disasters. It can also be used to tackle social unrest when local police are overwhelmed.
During times of war or national emergencies, the federal government can order a deployment for military service – that is, when the National Guard is federalised and serves under the control of the president.
Newsom asks Trump to rescind order
The California governor says he has formally requested the Trump administration to rescind “their unlawful deployment” of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
“We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved,” he wrote in a post on X. “This is a serious breach of sovereignty – inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed.”
Is Trump allowed to deploy National Guard troops?
As we’ve been reporting, Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 members of the National Guard to Los Angeles County to quell protests against coordinated immigration raids, bypassing the authority of the governor of California.
Newsom has in fact called Trump’s decision to call in National Guard troops “purposefully inflammatory”.
He accused the Trump administration of ordering the deployment “not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle”.
So, can the president deploy the National Guard over the objections of a state governor?
Find out in our explainer here.
Volatile situation in downtown Los Angeles
The scene here can be a bit surreal sometimes.
We had tear gas and flashbangs in the past hour, and now there’s a woman here selling hot dogs and bottles of water.
Another guy walked past with his dog. He has obviously come to see what’s going on.
It’s changing by the second.
We can hear police helicopters overhead. We understand there are some six or seven in the air, not directly overhead, but on deployment as the LA Police Department and the LA Sheriff’s Department try to keep a handle on what’s happening.
Police are still continuing to block roads here.
They had fired flashbangs and rubber bullets towards some people in the crowd. We saw one man who had been hit in the chest and he was bleeding. But he was showing it off to the cameras almost like a badge of honour.
We’ve seen organisers calling on the protesters to fill in the gaps in the crowds.
The National Guard is near the detention facility, holding off the crowd, making sure that federal property is not damaged. But this could change any second.
National Guard arrives in LA to crush protests
Police have fired tear gas at demonstrators and carried out arrests in Los Angeles after tensions escalated near the Metropolitan Detention Center, hours after Trump deployed National Guard soldiers there.
The Metropolitan Detention Center has been a flashpoint over the past two days.
Footage showed uniformed officers firing tear gas canisters as they moved into the street, scattering protesters. Pushing and shoving erupted when demonstrators approached a line of National Guard troops and began shouting at them.
Read more here.
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