Border Czar Tom Homan announced Saturday evening that the Trump administration is bringing the National Guard into Los Angeles after two days of obstructionist and violent protests of immigration raids and calls to kill ICE agents being spray-painted around the city. (Update at end of article with White House statement)
Protesters escalated the violence Saturday by throwing rocks at ICE and other federal law enforcement vehicles leaving a raid at a Home Depot in the city of Paramount in Los Angeles County. Several windshields were shattered and one agent got hit in the hand, according to photos posted by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin. Protesters also set up a barricade on a roadway and tried to physically block a U.S. Marshal’s Service bus.
Homan spoke about deploying the National Guard in an interview with Fox News Saturday evening:
“This is about enforcing the law and again we’re not going to apologize for doing it. We are stepping up. She (Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass) says they are going to mobilize, well, guess what? We are ahead of the game. We were already mobilizing. We are going to bring National Guard in tonight. We’re going to continue doing our jobs. We are going to push back on these people and enforce the law.”
Tom Homan: We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight pic.twitter.com/Mw9wUbkmWU
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 7, 2025
Complete Homan interview:
Video of the rock throwing attack in Paramount, California Saturday by reporter Jeremy Lindenfeld:
Many Border Patrol vehicles and other unmarked cars just exited the anti-ICE protest area in Paramount, California. They were met with fierce resistance from protesters, with a number of vehicles being visibly damaged. pic.twitter.com/Ek8AyQ9AQb
— Jeremy Lindenfeld (@jeremotographs) June 7, 2025
More:
#BREAKING: Protesters and Rioters are Clashing with Riot Police Amid a ICE Raid taking place at a Home Depot as they deploy Tear Gas and Flash Bangs
#LosAngeles | #California⁰⁰At this time Numerous federal agents and law enforcement officers in riot gear are clashing with… pic.twitter.com/Zn9DbFpwgy
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 7, 2025
KABC-TV video of the attempted bus barricade:
Leftists in Paramount, California are trying to stop a bus marked “Marshall service”
Arrests need to happen. pic.twitter.com/DVC7qmJmwe
— 3sidedstory (@3sidedstory) June 7, 2025
Photos and video of the rock attack posted by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin:
BREAKING: @FoxNews has obtained intense video showing @CBP agents’ perspective inside their vehicle as it is pelted with rocks while they attempt to leave the anti-ICE protest in Paramount, CA today. You can hear & see the windows & windshield breaking w/ each hit. Federal source… pic.twitter.com/2oo2N4GzU1
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 7, 2025
I’m told one of the agents suffered a minor laceration to his hand as a result of a rock penetrating the windshield. Not major – but shows things could have been much worse if a few more rocks had come though as the windshield had cracked open. pic.twitter.com/UPknsi0vaj
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 7, 2025
Calls to kill ICE agents spray-painted around Los Angeles Friday in response to immigration raids. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to the threats and Mayor Bass, “We will not stand for THIS.”
We will not stand for THIS. https://t.co/TmsZQgbZXI pic.twitter.com/dyTxOKpqQk
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) June 7, 2025
Fox Live Now video of a car fire in the middle of an anti-ICE protest in Compton in Los Angeles County Saturday afternoon:
JUST IN: People waving Mexican flags just SET A VEHICLE ON FIRE in the LA area, right in the middle of an intersection.
TOTAL DISORDER in Gavin Newsom’s California.
The vehicle is totally lighting up in flames.
The National Guard cannot arrive soon ENOUGH. pic.twitter.com/tqwls2mfPZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 7, 2025
Liberal reporter Ken Klippenstein reported Saturday his sources saying the Pentagon had been looking at deploying National Guard troops to L.A. (excerpt):
A senior Pentagon intelligence analyst told me that Homan’s remark wasn’t idle bluster. The Pentagon, he explained, has been actively discussing the deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles in response to the demonstrations.
It wasn’t clear if Homan was supposed to disclose it, but this isn’t just rhetoric, the Pentagon source told me.
The Insurrection Act requires that the president issue a formal dispersal order before sending in troops, which Trump has not done yet. But the administration has already alleged that the anti-ICE protesters are impeding federal law enforcement, which provides a legal basis for the Insurrection Act to be invoked, allowing for the California National Guard to be “federalized.”
Earlier Saturday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller labeled the violent anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles an “insurrection,” indicating how President Trump might respond.
An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States. https://t.co/STSn4hYGx4
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) June 7, 2025
UPDATE: White House statement:
“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. 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.”
-Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary
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