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Here’s where things stand on Monday 9 June 2025:
- Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles continue for a third day, with police saying downtown LA is now an “unlawful assembly” area
- Vehicles have been set on fire and there have been some reports of looting
- A British photographer needed surgery after being shot with a sponge bullet, while an Australian reporter was shot with a non-lethal round while reporting
- The protests gave Trump an opening to follow through on his promise to use his presidential powers to clamp down on left-wing lawlessness, writes North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher
- The president has already called in the National Guard – against the wishes of California’s governor, Gavin Newsom
- The protests have been mainly limited to downtown LA – our correspondent Peter Bowes says things seemed quieter on Sunday night, after a violent day
What we know so far about the National Guard deployment
As 2,000 National Guard troops arrive in LA, let’s take a look at a memorandum from the White House which mobilised the troops to respond to the protests.
In the memo, the White House says the National Guard are needed because of “violent protests threaten the security of and significant damage to Federal immigration detention facilities and other Federal property”.
It also adds that protests which “directly inhibit the execution of the laws … constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States”.
The memo calls for 2,000 troops to be mobilised for 60 days, “or at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense”.
It also leaves the door open for other US Armed Forces members to be deployed to LA. The memo states that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion”.
LA police chief says department can’t enforce immigration
A little earlier, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Jim McDonnell responded to accusations suggesting his officers were slow to respond to the unrest.
McDonnell pointed out that his force cannot “participate in any way in civil immigration enforcement”. As a reminder, the protests were sparked by a series of federal raids on undocumented migrants.
He says that his department must comply with the California Values Act, which prevents local and state law enforcement from assisting federal agencies with immigration enforcement, the BBC’s US partner CBS reports.
“Federal partners have been reticent to provide information to us before something happens because of that reason,” McDonnell adds.
This is a fight Trump is ready for
On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump promised that he was not going to tolerate left-wing lawlessness on American streets and would use the full force of his presidential powers in response.
The protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts in California on Saturday night gave him an opening to follow through on that promise.
Trump administration officials said that immigration agents were being targeted and injured – and that local law enforcement had been too slow to respond.
Never mind that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said that the protests were largely peaceful, or that local authorities said they could handle the clashes that did turn violent.
By Sunday morning, Trump was declaring victory and thanking the National Guard for restoring peace, even though the guard had yet to fully assemble.
The speed with which Trump reacted suggests that this is a fight his administration is prepared for – and even eager to have.
Former Trump adviser says president trying to ‘carry out law’
Sam Nunberg, a strategist on Trump’s 2016 campaign, says the president is trying to “carry out the law” and the situation would have escalated if the White House hadn’t deployed the National Guard.
Speaking to BBC’s Today programme, Nunberg says California prides itself with not cooperating with immigration authorities and claims the state is at the “forefront of lawlessness”, particularly in regard to illegal immigration. This will not be accepted by the White House, he says.
“These people have no right to be in this country. It’s one of the main reasons President Trump was elected.”
Asked whether the deployment of the National Guard – without the governor’s permission – was a proportionate response Nunberg says: “It’s only provocative to people who don’t agree with the policy.”
As a reminder, California Governor Gavin Newsom has called Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
Around 60 arrests in San Francisco
Around 60 people were arrested and three officers injured following unrest in San Francisco on Sunday, police say in a statement.
The San Francisco Police Department say individuals became “violent and began to commit crimes ranging from assault to felony vandalism and causing property damage” on Sunday evening, prompting the department to declare an unlawful assembly in an area.
The department says many left the scene but “several individuals remained and continued engaging in illegal activity,” including vandalising buildings and a patrol vehicle.
Two officers suffered non-life threatening injuries and one was transported to a local hospital.
In response to the statement, the Mayor Daniel Lurie says everyone “has a right to make their voice heard peacefully” but “we will never tolerate violent and destructive behaviour”.
Lurie says the protest has now “wound down” before adding that “efforts to target members of our immigrant community who contribute to our city, support our economy, and raise their families here make our city less safe”.
How was Trump able to mobilise the National Guard?
About 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed in Los Angeles by the federal government, against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom. US President Donald Trump has also suggested that he could deploy the Marine Corps to respond to the protests.
Trump used a law that says National Guard deployment can be federalised if the US “is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation”; “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion” against the government; or “the president is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States”.
Trump has said that the protests constitute a rebellion against the federal government.
Another mechanism also exists: the Insurrection Act of 1807.
The president did not use the Insurrection Act to call in National Guard troops to LA – but it can be invoked by presidents to activate the military to respond to domestic unrest.
The 19th century law means that a president can use active-duty military personnel to perform law-enforcement duties in the US.
It has been used a handful of times: once by Abraham Lincoln during the US Civil War, again by Ulysses S Grant against a wave of racist violence carried out by the Ku Klux Klan, and by Dwight Eisenhower to protect black students trying to attend school in Arkansas during the civil rights movement.
It was most recently invoked in 1992 during the LA riots, which followed the the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, a black man.
Trump campaigned to tackle immigration – and his message cut through
There’s no surprise that President Donald Trump is tackling immigration – he campaigned on this issue.
In large part, it is certainly one of the reasons why he was elected, and he had a lot of support in the city of Los Angeles, and a lot of opposition as well. That support was among some of those groups of immigrant residents of Los Angeles, including Hispanic communities.
That is why this is such a difficult and complex issue to unravel and to get your head around.
Earlier, we heard the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, say: “What we’re seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration”. Essentially, Bass is saying the president knew what the reaction would be if he brought in the National Guard members.
And it appears there’s still the threat of bringing in Marines. In the last hour the president has posted on social media: “Looking really bad in LA. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!”
City of Glendale terminates ICE contract
The City of Glendale in California has announced that it will terminate its contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to the release, the city has jointly operated a facility that houses federal immigration detainees with the DHS and ICE since 2007.
“The City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good – has become divisive,” it says in a news release issued around 19:00 local time on Sunday (03:00 BST Monday).
It adds that the decision “is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for—public safety, local accountability, and trust.”
What sparked the Los Angeles protests?published at 09:5709:57
The protests began on Friday after it emerged Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were carrying out raids across the city.
CBS reports that operations took place in the Westlake district as well as in Paramount, south of LA – where the population is more than 82% Hispanic.
There were also reports of an ICE raid at a Home Depot store in Paramount, which officials told the BBC were false.
Immigration raids have ramped up under President Donald Trump’s administration, which last month asked federal agents to arrest 3,000 people a day.
ICE later told CBS that 44 unauthorised immigrants were arrested in a single operation at a job site on Friday. Another 77 were also taken in in the greater LA area on the same day.
Following the raids, the Federal Building in downtown LA became the focus of protests after it emerged that detainees were allegedly being held there.
Graffiti was sprayed on the building and objects were thrown at police, CBS reports, leading to an unlawful assembly declaration.
Protests continued into Saturday, prompting Trump to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area – a move condemned by California’s Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Photos show anti-ICE protests unfolding in LA
After a third day of protests in Los Angeles, we’re receiving photos through to our newsroom showing protesters and law enforcement clashing around the city.
Trump wants to create unrest, claims Latin American civic rights group
Jose Barrera, the national vice president of the League of United Latin American citizens (LULAC), tells the BBC’s Today programme that the White House wants “to create civic unrest” in Los Angeles.
Barrera says there is “no need” for Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard when there are 17,000 police personnel in Los Angeles.
He says deploying the troops “increases tensions” and confrontation, which sets a “dangerous precedent”.
Speaking about the situation in LA, Barrera says: “There’s a lot of unrest but also there’s a lot of unity, where we’re seeing the members of the community standing up, going out, peacefully protesting and looking to defend the immigrants here in the United States.”
Barrera says there are “outliers” involved in violent unrest – but the majority of people are protesting peacefully, he says. He adds that much of the city is continuing as “business as usual”.
Australian correspondent hit by ‘rubber bullet’ while reporting
An Australian news correspondent reporting from the LA protests was struck by what appears to be a rubber bullet fired by law enforcement.
Lauren Tomasi, with Australia’s Channel Nine, was broadcasting live when she was struck in the leg by the non-lethal round.
A law enforcement officer can be seen turning towards news cameras and firing the round before Tomasi was struck.
Phone alert sent to protesters near Civic Center
As we’ve reported, downtown Los Angeles has been declared an “unlawful assembly” area, with protesters told to leave.
Now police say a phone alert has been sent to people in the Civic Center area.
A post by the LAPD Central Division on X says: “Those with cell phones in the area of the Civic Centre have received the alert.”
Newsom says ‘come and get me’ after alleged arrest threat
California Governor Gavin Newsom has responded to an alleged arrest threat by a member of Trump’s cabinet.
“Trump’s border czar is threatening to arrest me for speaking out. Come and get me, tough guy. I don’t give a damn. It won’t stop me from standing up for California,” he writes on X.
On Saturday, Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, said that immigration raids would continue regardless of the protests – and hinted that people could be arrested if they interfered with officers.
Speaking to NBC News, Homan said he would apply the same rule to anyone, including elected officials – but stopped short of accusing politicians of actually impeding officers.
“You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbour and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job,” he told NBC.
Police receive reports of looting
The Los Angeles Police Department says that business owners are reporting looting.
On X, the LAPD Central Division writes: “Business owners are reporting stores are being looted in the area of 6th St and Broadway. Officers are en route to the location to investigate.”
A violent day, but things seem quieter in Los Angeles – for now
It is much quieter out on the streets now in Los Angeles, but still very tense.
There’ve been pockets of flare-ups in the last few hours and more intentional vandalism than peaceful protest, at least towards the end of the day.
Sunday started quite quietly – relatively small groups of people protesting about those immigration raids – but things deteriorated with the crowds much bigger, reaching thousands of people in the afternoon.
There was violence, there were attacks on police and police vehicles on the 101 freeway, which has been closed on and off.
Some pretty devastating damage has been done to police vehicles as people tried to set them alight. Police eventually moved in to disperse those crowds.
As we get into night-time hours here, it’s still quite tense. There’s a lot of uncertainty about how things are going to develop overnight.
Trump says ‘Bring in the troops!’ and things ‘looking really bad in LA’
On his Truth Social platform, the US president is calling for an end to the protests and urging for a crackdown on demonstrators.
In one post, Trump writes that the LA police chief, Jim McDonnell, has said he will “reassess the situation” about bringing in troops to LA.
“He should, RIGHT NOW!!! Don’t let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump writes.
In another post, the president writes: “Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!”
A third post that was published a short time later reads: “ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!”
‘There was blood pouring down my leg’: UK photographer hit by ‘sponge’ bullet
A British photographer covering the LA protests was struck by a non-lethal bullet as law enforcement tried to disperse crowds.
Nick Stern, who has lived in the US since 2007, tells the PA news agency that the 14mm “sponge bullet” hit his thigh.
“My initial concern was, were they firing live rounds?” he says.
“Some of the protesters came and helped me, and they ended up carrying me, and I noticed that there was blood pouring down my leg.”
He sought help from a nearby medic who told him to go to the hospital. Stern has now had surgery on his leg.
Stern says he will return to work once he is well enough. “This is too important and it needs documenting,” he says.
If you’re just joining us
The time is just after 22:00 in Los Angeles (06:00 BST).
If you’re just joining us, this is what we know so far:
- Downtown Los Angeles has been declared an “unlawful assembly” area by the LAPD, following a third day of demonstrations in the city. Protests are continuing into the night
- At least 10 people were arrested on Sunday during the unrest, prompted by immigration raids by US officials
- Law enforcement officers have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters, who forced a major freeway to close
- At least 300 members of the California National Guard were deployed to three spots in the Los Angeles area, while 500 Marines are in a “prepared to deploy” status at a base around 230km east of Los Angeles
- US President Donald Trump has defended his unprecedented deployment of National Guard troops – without a request from California Governor Gavin Newsom – as necessary for “law and order”
- Gavin Newsom said that Trump’s actions are “illegal” and “immoral”, and has threatened to sue the administration
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said “what we’re seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration” and called on protesters to demonstrate peacefully
Waymo driverless car set on fire in LA
We can now bring you footage of the driverless cars going up in flames in Los Angeles amid the ongoing protests.
At least three self-driving Waymo cars were burned, with two others vandalised.
What are Waymos, the cars set alight by protesters?
As we reported earlier, protesters set fire to Waymo vehicles, which are fully driverless.
Waymo, which is owned by Google, started offering robotaxis to the public in 2020.
Three years later, it introduced its fully-driverless service in Los Angeles.
In LA, its service usually covers 89 square miles from Santa Monica to the downtown area.
Threat to deploy Marines ‘escalating’ situation’, California Governor says
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said US President Trump’s threat to deploy Marines to the demonstrations in Los Angeles is “escalating the situation”.
In a post on X, Newsom said Trump’s move came “despite protests already being managed by the LAPD”.
“Los Angeles: Remain peaceful. Don’t fall into the trap that extremists are hoping for,” he added.
Protesters must leave downtown area immediately, LAPD says
Now into the night, the LA police say protesters have “splintered into and through out the Downtown Area”.
The police force is warning residents, businesses and visitors to “be alert and report any criminal activity”.
“Officers are responding to several different locations to disperse crowds. An ‘UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY’ is in effect for the Civic Center area of [Downtown Los Angeles],” it wrote on X.
In a second post, the LAPD declared, “Downtown Los Angeles has been declared as an UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. You are to leave the Downtown Area immediately.”
Protests continue into the night in Los Angeles
I’m in downtown Los Angeles with our BBC team and there’s been a constant stream of booms echoing as police work to clear protests.
The sun has set and street lights came on but many people remain here.
We’ve seen police using flash bangs and police on horses working to clear streets that are shuttered due to the unrest. At least five cars burned to a crisp within a block of here and multiple cars used by authorities were pelted with objects, including scooters.
Protesters have split up across the downtown area with some sitting on streets with flags and signs and others facing off with officials. The 101 – a major highway here – is partially blocked off due to the unrest.
Newsom threatens to sue Trump, calls his actions ‘illegal’
California Governor Gavin Newsom has called Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard an “illegal” and “immoral” act and threatened to sue the administration.
“Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight. He’s exacerbated the conditions… he’s putting fuel on this fire,” he said in an interview with MSNBC.
“An unconstitutional act, and we’re going to test that theory with a lawsuit tomorrow.”
Newsom also called Trump a “stone cold liar”, saying the president never brought up the National Guard with him during a phone call after the protests had started.
Typically, a state’s National Guard force is activated at the request of the governor.
In this case, Trump has circumvented that step by invoking a specific provision of the US Code of Armed Services titled 10 U.S.C. 12406, external, which lists three circumstances under which the president can federalise the National Guard.
You can read more about how a president can deploy the National Guard here.
‘Incendiary devices’ thrown at police horses, LAPD says
As clashes continue, LA police have said “incendiary devices” have been used against police horse patrols.
The police force warned on X that “less lethal munitions have been authorised” to respond to such attacks.
“Less lethal munitions may cause pain and discomfort,” it added.
A thick stench of chemicals hangs in the air
Protesters have taken over several streets in downtown, with booms echoing from both fireworks and police munitions.
Near Union Station – the city’s most utilised transport hub – the remains of five cars sit. The Waymo self-driving vehicles are electric and appear to have almost entirely dissolved. Only the hubcaps and some of the frame of the car remains. There is a thick stench of chemicals in the air and the smell of smoke.
Waymo suspends service in downtown LA
BBC News understands driverless taxi firm Waymo is suspending its service in downtown Los Angeles after several of its cars were set on fire amid the unrest.
The company is understood to still be operating in the city but has been removing vehicles from the downtown area and is not currently offering services there.
The Police Department warned, external earlier that burning electric vehicles can “release toxic gases”.
The day in pictures
The sun is setting in Los Angeles after a third day of demonstrations following immigration raids by US officials. The demonstrations are ongoing.
This is the day so far in pictures:
101 Freeway closes again
The LAPD have closed a major road again, shortly after it reopened, posting on X, “Due to demonstrators throwing objects onto the [South Bound] lanes of the 101 Freeway and damaging multiple police vehicles, the 101 SB Freeway will remain closed until further notice.”
What a Home Depot and a business park reveal about the protests
There is some uncertainty among people in Paramount, in the south of LA county, over how the protests and clashes with law enforcement started on Saturday. Many who live in the community told the BBC they saw immigration enforcement vehicles in the area.
It caused instant fear and panic – then came reports about raids and the arrests of day labourers at Home Depot, a place where many undocumented migrants across the US go to find work.
Typically, the Home Depot’s parking lot is filled with dozens of day labourers looking for work, people gathered there today told me.
“No one really knows what happened,” a man named Juan told me, as he and two friends gathered around a small pickup in the parking lot. He used to be among the men looking for work there. He still meets with them here on weekends to chit-chat and catch up with old friends in the community.
“No one is here today. Everyone is too scared to be here,” he says of the workers.
While dozens of migrants have been detained by authorities elsewhere in the area, the rumours of raids at the store were misinformation, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“Despite false reports, there was no ICE ‘raid’ at a Home Depot in LA,” the DHS told the BBC.
You can read our full story here.
Trump implies without evidence that protesters are ‘paid insurrectionists’
US president Donald Trump has posted, without providing evidence, the words ‘Paid Insurrectionists!’ on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns.
The post came shortly after Trump wrote, “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 LA riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged protests earlier to keep their demonstrations peaceful and said ‘We stand with all Angelinos’.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said that Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to demonstrations was “purposefully inflammatory”.