U.S. Border Patrol and protesters clash after a raid was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement near a Home Depot of illegal immigrants in Paramount, California on June 06, 2025.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday night signed an order to deploy 2,000 members of the National Guard in response to protests over federal immigration protests in Los Angeles, the White House said.
“In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Trump’s order comes amid continued clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters.
Leavitt told NBC News that Trump is federalizing part of California’s National Guard that would otherwise report to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Presidents have authority to do so under limited circumstances.
Meanwhile, Trump spent his Saturday night attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Vice President JD Vance called the protestors “insurrectionists” in a tweet.
“Insurrectionists carrying foreign flags are attacking immigration enforcement officers, while one half of America’s political leadership has decided that border enforcement is evil,” Vance wrote on X.
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