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President Trump deploys National Guard and US Marines to California in support of ICE arrests. Governor Gavin Newsom files suit in opposition. Protestors burn Waymos.<\/p>\n
Context & Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown<\/a> Wall St Journal<\/p>\n \u2026in late May,\u00a0Stephen Miller, a top White House aide and the architect of the president\u2019s immigration agenda, addressed a meeting at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. The message was clear: The president, who promised to\u00a0deport millions\u00a0of immigrants living in the country illegally, wasn\u2019t pleased. The agency had better step it up.<\/p>\n Gang members and violent criminals, what Trump called the \u201cworst of the worst,\u201d weren\u2019t the sole target of deportations. Federal agents needed to \u201cjust go out there and arrest illegal aliens,\u201d Miller told top ICE officials, who had come from across the U.S., according to people familiar with the meeting.<\/p>\n Agents didn\u2019t need to develop target lists of immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, a longstanding practice, Miller said. Instead, he directed them to target\u00a0Home Depot, where day laborers typically gather for hire, or 7-Eleven convenience stores. Miller bet that he and a handful of agents could go out on the streets of Washington, D.C., and arrest 30 people right away.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Big Beautiful Bill Will Bring ICE Raids to Your City<\/a> David Dayen, American Prospect<\/p>\n Because the mega-bill is primarily about extending the Trump tax cuts, and because the most politically salient pieces are about cutting Medicaid, not much attention has been given to the surge of money that will go to immigration enforcement from this bill. The House version provided $151.3 billion<\/a> in additional resources for immigration agencies, and while the Senate Judiciary Committee has not yet released its text, the targets in their budget resolution would raise that number even higher.<\/a><\/p>\n A big chunk of this money (about one-third) goes to border wall construction. But even more goes toward detention and enforcement. The $45 billion earmarked for building new detention centers would represent a 364 percent annual increase to the construction budget, supercharging the detention beds available to at least 125,000. The entire federal prison system only holds a little bit more than that. Then, another $27 billion is plowed into enforcement and deportation, enough to hire 10,000 more ICE officers over the next five years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump Sends In Troops<\/strong><\/p>\n Presidential Memoranda June 7, 2025 Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions<\/a><\/p>\n In light of these incidents and credible threats of continued violence, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard under 10 U.S.C. 12406 to temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur based on current threat assessments and planned operations.<\/p>\n Further, I direct and delegate actions as necessary for the Secretary of Defense to coordinate with the Governors of the States and the National Guard Bureau in identifying and ordering into Federal service the appropriate members and units of the National Guard under this authority.<\/p>\n The members and units of the National Guard called into Federal service shall be at least 2,000 National Guard personnel and the duration of duty shall be for 60 days or at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense.<\/p>\n In addition, the Secretary of Defense 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.<\/p>\n Donald J. Trump<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n USNORTHCOM statement on additional military personnel in the Los Angeles Area U.S. Northern Command has activated the Marine infantry battalion that was placed in an alert status over the weekend. Approximately 700 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n **UPDATE** As of today, June 9th 2025, there are approximately 1700 soldiers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a California National Guard unit in a Title 10 status, in the greater Los Angeles Area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before House Defense Appropriations subcommittee<\/a><\/p>\n Acting Pentagon comptroller Bryn MacDonnell<\/strong>: \u201cSo the current estimated cost is $134 million which is largely just TDY cost, travel, housing, food, etc\u2026. coming out of their O & M (Operations and Maintenance) accounts.<\/p>\n Rep. Pete Aguilar (D \u2013 CA)<\/strong>: \u201cWith the most recent deployment of the Marines, Mr. Secretary, what\u2019s the justification for using the military for civilian law enforcement purposes in LA? Why are you sending war fighters to cities to interact with civilians? Every American citizen deserves to live in a community that\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/strong>: \u201cUh, and ICE agents need to be able to do their job. They\u2019re being attacked for doing their job, which is deporting illegal criminals that should happen in any city, Minneapolis or Los Angeles, and if they\u2019re attacked, that\u2019s lawless and President Trump believes in law and order, so he has every authority and he has done mobilizing National Guard or active duty troops under US code to protect federal agents in their job.<\/p>\n Which is exactly what we\u2019re doing and we\u2019re proud to do it. We\u2019re proud to do it. 10 USC of the US Code 12406 as a legal basis that the president used cites three examples, um, and circumstances for the guard, invasion by a foreign nation, a rebellion or dangerous rebellion against the authority of the government of the United States, or the president is unable with regular forces to execute the laws of the United States, which authority is triggered here to justify the use.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know. You just read it yourself and people can listen themselves, but it sounds like all three to me. If you\u2019ve got millions of illegals and you don\u2019t know where they\u2019re coming from, they\u2019re waving flags from foreign countries and assaulting police officers and law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the problem. The governor of California is unable to execute the laws of the United States. The governor of California has failed to protect his people along with the mayor of Los Angeles, and so President Trump has said he will protect our agents and our guard and Marines are proud to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Exclusive: DHS secretary sought military arrests and drones in Los Angeles in leaked letter<\/a> San Francisco Chronicle<\/p>\n U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest \u201clawbreakers,\u201d a move one expert called \u201ca grave escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n A letter sent Sunday from Noem to Hegseth, obtained by the Chronicle, requested that the Pentagon give \u201cDirection to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Gavin Newscum\u2019s California\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/bvwTcJG3qH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kYrqKZuvJ2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Newsom called the Abrego Garcia deportation fight a \u2018distraction.\u2019 Then came the pushback<\/a> Los Angeles Times April 21, 2025<\/p>\n \u2018Pod Save America\u2019 Slams Gavin Newsom For Calling Man\u2019s Mistaken Deportation A \u2018Distraction\u2019<\/a> Huffington Post April 18, 2025<\/p>\n Gavin Newsom praises congressman\u2019s El Salvador trip after deportation controversy<\/a> The Sacramento Bee April 25, 2025<\/p>\n Californians doubt Newsom is focusing on his day job, poll finds<\/a> Politico May 7, 2025<\/p>\n AtlasIntel Polling 5\/2025 https:\/\/t.co\/FT9n83QAyV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FmnAP8ZHeH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nat Wilson Turner (@natwilsonturner) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Newsom Responds to Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n NEW: I just filed an emergency motion to block Trump\u2019s illegal deployment of Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n Trump is turning the U.S. military against American citizens. <\/p>\n The courts must immediately block these illegal actions. pic.twitter.com\/ms4JELUk3v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.<\/p>\n This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation \u2014 this is an unmistakable step toward\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/tsTX1nrHAu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Newsom-Trump truce explodes as president deploys troops against his wishes<\/a> California Matters<\/p>\n (The) carefully calibrated truce, forged in the wake of January\u2019s devastating wildfires across Los Angeles, appeared to implode over the weekend when Trump sent the California National Guard into the city\u00a0against Newsom\u2019s wishes<\/a>\u00a0to quell immigration enforcement protests.<\/p>\n Newsom\u2019s furious, at times vitriolic, response \u2014 comparing Trump to a dictator and calling him a \u201cstone cold liar\u201d for supposedly misrepresenting a phone call between them \u2014 harkens back to the immediate aftermath of the November election, when the governor was poised to \u00a0assume national leadership in the resistance\u00a0<\/a> to the second Trump administration. Just two days after Trump\u2019s re-election, Newsom practically invited a confrontation with the president by \u00a0announcing a special legislative session\u00a0<\/a>to set aside funding for litigation against the federal government.<\/p>\n That provocation has come to fruition seven months later with troops in the streets and a\u00a0pending court challenge\u00a0<\/a>to the president\u2019s constitutional authority.<\/p>\n \u201cMany of you called me out as, \u2018It\u2019s too extreme. Shouldn\u2019t you be working with Donald Trump during his transition?\u2019 when I called that special session,\u201d Newsom told a reporter \u00a0during an interview\u00a0<\/a>Sunday night with Fox LA. \u201cWe knew something would happen. But I gotta say, I never expected Donald Trump to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n Newsom has rallied Californians and his liberal base with his open defiance, even sending a fundraising email Sunday morning about the National Guard deployment. The posturing nevertheless puts both the governor and his state at increasing risk of reprisal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Constitutional Crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump suggests border czar should arrest Newsom<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n Reporter<\/b>: \u201cGavin Newsom is daring (White House Border Czar) Tom Homan to come and arrest him.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/b>: Did he do it? I would do it. Our job. I think it\u2019s great that Gavin likes the publicity, but I think (arresting him) would be the right thing. He\u2019s done a terrible job. Look, I like Gavin Newsom. He\u2019s a nice guy, but he\u2019s grossly incompetent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Homan says Trump administration has \u201cno intention to arrest\u201d Newsom \u2014 after Trump says \u201cI\u2019d do it\u201d<\/a> CBS Evening News<\/p>\n \u2026\u201dborder czar\u201d Tom Homan told CBS News on Monday \u201cthere\u2019s no intention to arrest\u201d California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after President Trump suggested he was open to the idea \u2014 escalating a war of words over the protests and law enforcement response in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \u201cThat whole thing\u2019s been taken out of context,\u201d Homan said. \u201cThey haven\u2019t crossed a line yet \u2026 If you cross that line, I don\u2019t care who they are \u2014 the governor, the mayor, whatever \u2014 and when you commit a crime against ICE officers, we will seek prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n If you know anything about the use of force cards given to the troops deployed to Los Angeles, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268.<\/p>\n Here’s what they look like: pic.twitter.com\/3Ujnw6sgvT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Contending Narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n The disparity btwn what\u2019s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it\u2019s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy\u2014it\u2019s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social<\/a>) Jun 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Real Clear Politics Headline Roundup pic.twitter.com\/sBDFaZ5o6Y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nat Wilson Turner (@natwilsonturner) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Statement from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons on assaults against federal law enforcement officers in Los Angeles June 6<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhat took place in Los Angeles yesterday was appalling. As rioters attacked federal ICE and law enforcement officers on the LA streets, Mayor Bass took the side of chaos and lawlessness over law enforcement.<\/p>\n \u201cOur brave officers were vastly outnumbered, as\u00a0over 1,000 rioters\u00a0surrounded and attacked a federal building.\u00a0It took over two hours for the Los Angeles Police Department to respond, despite being called multiple times. The brave men and women of ICE were in Los Angeles arresting criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers and those with a history of assault, cruelty to children, domestic violence, robbery, and smuggling.<\/p>\n \u201cThese violent rioters will be held accountable if they harm federal officers, and make no mistake, ICE will continue to enforce our nation\u2019s immigration laws and arrest criminal illegal aliens. Sanctuary politicians would do well to remember that impeding our efforts only endangers their communities, law enforcement officers, and the detainees they claim to support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Los Angeles Protests Amplified by Influencers and Online Creators<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n Outfitted with their own makeshift press helmets and vests, many creators \u2014 many of whom lean conservative \u2014 have livestreamed entire days of coverage and posted to social platforms like X and streaming sites like Twitch and YouTube. During some of the week\u2019s most violent moments, Trump officials like Stephen Miller and billionaires like Elon Musk chose to amplify what the creators published, causing the posts to go viral and feeding the narrative that the violence has been out of control.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n False Flags<\/a> Ken Klippenstein<\/p>\n Channel 5, the gonzo-style show hosted by YouTuber Andrew Callaghan,\u00a0sent a<\/a>\u00a0balaclava-donned correspondent to the streets to talk to the protesters.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re terrorizing U.S. citizens,\u201d one man\u00a0said\u00a0of law enforcement\u2019s deployment of tear gas to disperse the protests.\u00a0The clear emphasis on how this affects people in general \u2014 not just immigrants \u2014 surprised me.<\/p>\n Another protester, a black woman named Alex Walls from Louisiana, told CNN that the deportations were \u201cdisturbing\u201d to children. \u201cYou\u2019re separating people from their kids, families, and whatnot,\u201d she said. \u201cYa\u2019ll got kids don\u2019t understand what\u2019s going on, seeing this going on. It\u2019s very disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n Others said explicitly that their motive was to impede the deportations, like Ron Gochez, who also told CNN: \u201c\u200aFor every single minute that we were here resisting against the Border Patrol, that was time that they were not out deporting people in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Got teary at the airport this band was talking about their solidarity with protests happening in LA and proceeded to sing \u201cThis land is your land\u201d \u203c\ufe0f\ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/UMj6zyukAs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Andrea (@iiiitsandrea) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This song couldn\u2019t hit any harder right now with what\u2019s going on in LA. Siempre con mi gente! Esto es por la cultura!!! No s\u00e9 me rajen!!! Shoulder to shoulder! \u270a\ud83c\udffb\u270a\ud83c\udffc\u270a\ud83c\udffd\u270a\ud83c\udffe\u270a\ud83c\udfff@SomosLAFC<\/a> @LAFC<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/EbBROFr0s2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Omar Higareda (@omar_gherd) June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n During Sunday night\u2019s anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, New York Post photographer Toby Canham was struck in the head by a rubber bullet fired by the LAPD.<\/p>\n \u201cI just got shot in the head!\u201d Canham shouted. He was hospitalized for whiplash and neck pain and left with a severe\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ldbm6HMR8Y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Kind Joe (@TheKindJoe) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This psycho shot me in the groin twice with 40mm munitions because I asked him for his name (which was ripped off of his helmet) after he shot others in the groin at close range too<\/p>\n Watch him tell me he\u2019s going to shoot me just for asking who he is: https:\/\/t.co\/IoqQBbRSIJ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/flXaMWhUnl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Shakeer Rahman (@sh4keer) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Linton shot the top lawyer that fights the LAPD. Shakeer was asking for his badge number. And the only reason the LAPD released the badge numbers was because of his work.<\/p>\n Currently he\u2019s representing us on three of our CPRA lawsuits.<\/p>\n \u2014 Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2,000 LA anti-ICE rioters take over 101 Freeway downtown as self-driving cars are lit on fire in chaotic scene<\/a> New York Post<\/p>\n Only a third of Americans are backing the LA protests over the ICE raids, poll finds<\/a> The Independent<\/p>\n Around one in three Americans (36 percent) said they \u00a0approve of the protests\u00a0<\/a> against\u00a0Immigration and Customs Enforcement, compared to 45 percent who disapprove, a YouGov \u00a0poll of more than 4,200 U.S. adults\u00a0<\/a>found. Of those polled, 19 percent said they were not sure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s really starting to look like @GavinNewsom<\/a> is losing the plot. This isn\u2019t compelling politics. It looks more like a hostage video. I think American liberals are completely trapped in their Orange Fuhrer fantasies and are starting to unwind. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/63Karnl9ms<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Test Case for Martial Law? What Trump Might Really Be Doing In Los Angeles.<\/a> Steven Donziger<\/p>\n It\u2019s virtually unheard of for a President to take over a state national guard \u2014 which is a reserve force of the US Army \u2014 without a formal request from the state\u2019s Governor. Yet California Governor Gavin Newsom has condemned Trump\u2019s move and is suing him over it. But if the Trump-Miller anti-immigrant crusade keeps going in the same direction, I believe Trump\u2019s next step will be to try to invoke an obscure statute from 1807 called the Insurrection Act (see here for an explanation<\/a>) to turn the actual US army into a policing force that can be unleashed against US citizens. This has long been on his authoritarian wish list. In my view, this easily could lead to martial law, curfews, and shoot to kill orders in certain neighborhoods. He\u2019s already called for Governor Newsom\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n Trump is using federal law enforcement to try to create a spectacle of violence that can be used to justify turning the US military against the people.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Waymos<\/strong><\/p>\n so sad \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n wonder who ordered them and how this went down, did people order them to burn them? Wonder what data Waymo is looking at https:\/\/t.co\/p52e1BDAb7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car<\/a>404 Media<\/p>\n Waymo is rapidly expanding in Los Angeles; anecdotally, I see many Waymos driving around town every day, and the company just announced that the autonomous vehicles have expanded the geographic region in which they would operate in the city and that it would soon begin testing them on Los Angeles freeways. The proliferation of Waymo cars also means the proliferation of roving surveillance cameras. LAPD has shown an interest in obtaining footage from autonomous vehicles that operate in the city; last year we reported on a case in which the \u00a0LAPD obtained footage from an autonomous food delivery robot\u00a0to investigate a crime.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n A Waymo spokesperson told 404 Media that it does not proactively give footage to police.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Why people are burning Waymos<\/a> Taylor Lorenz<\/p>\n As police begin to leverage tech like Waymo cars, protesters are becoming more aware of the surveillance infrastructure being built into modern life. Many activists have called attention to the fact that social platforms, like Meta, have handed user data over to the police. (In 2022, Facebook handed the data of a mother and daughter facing criminal charges for allegedly carrying out an illegal abortion to law enforcement). And more of the public is becoming aware of tools like facial recognition software, that the police have begun to use heavily.<\/p>\n When I asked a few protesters on the ground yesterday why they thought the Waymos were burning, they told me that the cars \u201cspy\u201d on people and could be recording protest footage. We still don\u2019t know who exactly set fire to the cars or why, but it\u2019s clear that more people are perceiving Waymos as an extension of the police surveillance infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Several Waymos have been destroyed on Los Angeles Street pic.twitter.com\/IWyM53PKVR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 James Queally (@JamesQueallyLAT) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Different Strategic Approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/t.co\/RmWtlwCdMH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PXV58Fyo1u<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eli Valley (@elivalley) June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Heroes & Villians<\/strong><\/p>\n Brian Wilson, June 20, 1942 \u2013 June 11, 2025<\/p>\n\n
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