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The Wall Street Journal [6/9/2025 10:27 PM, Paul Kiernan, Marc Vartabedian, and Sean McLain, 646K] reports mostly peaceful gatherings around Los Angeles on Monday ended in a confrontation between a group of protesters and law enforcement for the fourth day. In the late afternoon, officers guarding a federal building in downtown L.A. moved to disperse a crowd that had faced off against the National Guard and police for several hours. Protesters in the crowd began throwing objects at officers, the Los Angeles police said. Officers used their shields to advance in a line and push the crowd back. Mayor Karen Bass in an afternoon press conference said only a few hundred people had remained at the federal building after a larger gathering. Most of the city was quiet and public assemblies Monday had been peaceful, she said. Acts of vandalism were from “a fringe element” that will face consequences, she said. On Monday, the U.S. military said that roughly 700 Marines were deploying to the Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings and personnel. The move followed President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard on Saturday over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying that local leaders didn’t move quickly enough to address the clashes that first erupted Friday over federal immigration enforcement. On Monday, the Department of Defense said it was mobilizing an additional 2,000 California National Guard to help protect federal property and law-enforcement agents. California officials blamed the Trump administration for increasing tensions in Los Angeles. Newsom called on the Trump administration to rescind the deployment of the National Guard, calling it a breach of state sovereignty. The state sued the administration over Trump’s decision to send in those troops in response to immigration protests. CBS Los Angeles [6/9/2025 6:10 PM, Chelsea Hylton, 51860K] reports hundreds of National Guard troops arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning after President Trump ordered their deployment following days of violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters. Demonstrations erupted after several immigration enforcement operations were conducted throughout Southern California on Friday. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that 31 people were arrested over the weekend following protests that overtook several blocks in downtown LA, including a stretch of the 101 Freeway. A spokesperson for the department said people arrested were booked for different crimes, including failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting and arson. The LAPD also said five officers were injured during the weekend events. Three were treated at the scene and two suffered minor injuries. The LAPD and the LA County Sheriff’s Department declared the gatherings unlawful and ordered people to go home. On Sunday afternoon, officers from the LAPD and members of the National Guard were seen wearing riot gear outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in front of a large group of protesters. SkyCal captured images of soldiers firing what appeared to be tear gas and non-lethal rounds into crowds trying to disperse them. Several buildings, street signs and public buses were vandalized with anti-ICE messages, including police patrol vehicles. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X that people who "lay a hand" on law enforcement officers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Protests began on Friday evening after immigration enforcement operations were conducted in the Westlake District and in downtown and South LA, which led to the arrest of dozens of unauthorized immigrants. ICE officials confirmed four federal search warrants were served at three locations. On Sunday morning, about 300 National Guard troops arrived in the Los Angeles area, according to the U.S. military’s Northern Command. Three US officials say around 700 active duty Marines are on high alert and could mobilize in the coming days to support the National Guard. Troops arrived in town after receiving orders from Mr. Trump, who said on Saturday night he’d deploy the guard in response to the protests. He posted on Truth Social criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass for not being able to handle to situation. He posted again on Sunday, furthering his statements, saying Newsom and Bass should "apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots.". FOX News [6/9/2025 3:18 PM, Julia Bonavita, 46878K] reports dozens of protesters have been arrested following a weekend of violence across Los Angeles as tensions hit a boiling point over immigration raids throughout the city. On Sunday, law enforcement officials from multiple agencies arrested 41 protesters as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations spiraled out of control. Of the nearly four-dozen arrests, 21 were made by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 19 by California Highway Patrol and one by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The charges include failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting and arson, an LAPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Of the most violent alleged offenses, one individual was arrested for attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail, Fox News Digital has learned. On Saturday, the LAPD arrested 10 individuals for failing to disperse. The agency did not make any arrests Friday, according to officials. The arrests come as the sanctuary city is bracing for the possibility of more violence as anti-ICE protesters clash with local, state and federal law enforcement. The protests kicked off on Friday after federal agents swept through the city’s garment district in search of undocumented immigrants, sparking outrage throughout the community. In response to the unrest, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops to the area, with 300 troops arriving over the weekend. Tensions escalated on the third day of protests as agitators moved throughout the city, setting self-driving cars on fire and blocking off major highways. National Guard troops took to the streets Sunday morning to guard the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Trump’s move to send in the U.S. military has drawn criticism from local and national politicians, with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom renouncing the move while vowing to sue the administration. ICE said in a Saturday post on X that the agency had arrested 118 illegal immigrants throughout Los Angeles, including five alleged gang members. "Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens?" Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for Homeland Security’s public affairs, said in a statement. "These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer." (B) NBC News Daily [6/9/2025 3:01 PM, Staff] reports that Los Angeles is facing more demonstrations over the White House’s immigration crackdown. There are new protests on this fourth day of outrage. Governor Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit coming against the federal government over President Trump’s deploying California’s national guard despite opposition from the governor and from LA’s mayor. Around 300 national guard troops are in Los Angeles now. 500 Marines are also standing by to be deployed. The clashes between police and protestors began on Friday. Federal agents carried out workplace raids at multiple locations. ICE says they took in more than 100 last week.

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Daily Caller [6/9/2025 9:13 AM, Jason Hopkins, 1010K] reports protesters in Los Angeles are rioting over the apprehension of illegal migrants convicted of murder, sexual battery, cruelty to children and many other heinous crimes, according to the Trump administration. Large-scale riots have swept the City of Los Angeles in reaction to targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations that sought out illegal migrants with criminal histories. Over objections from California Democrats Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to begin restoring order. In response to the widespread rioting, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a snapshot of the individuals apprehended during ICE’s LA operation, identifying a slate of illegal migrants connected to violent and serious crimes. The Trump administration publicly rebuked Newsom and Bass for their apparent reluctance to cooperate with federal partners to quell the violent riots. “Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens?” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a prepared statement. “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.” “Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer,” McLaughlin said. Despite the agency’s focus on illegal migrants with serious criminal histories, anti-ICE protests in LA — a city which has official policies restricting cooperation between ICE agents and local law enforcement — began taking over the city earlier in June and quickly escalated into full-scale riots. On Friday night, more than 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal building, assaulted ICE agents, slashed tires, and defaced government property, according to an ICE statement. The agency said it took two hours for the Los Angeles Police Department to finally respond to the mayhem. Breitbart [6/9/2025 11:28 AM, Hannah Knudsen, 3077K] reports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of illegal immigrants as part of the operation in Los Angeles include individuals with heavy criminal histories, which include murder and sexual assault. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted the reality of the criminal illegal aliens they are going after in Los Angeles while Mexican flag riots break out in protest of ICE’s actions. Describing these as some of the "worst" criminals they went after, the Department of Homeland Security provided pictures and a description for some of the illegals arrested in their operations. One of those individuals is an illegal alien named Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, hailing from Mexico. According to DHS, his lengthy criminal history includes "discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle in Orange, CA with a sentence of 365 days in jail, battery on spouse or cohabitant in Orange, CA with a sentence of four years of probation, willful cruelty to child in Orange, CA with a sentence of four years of probation, driving under the influence in Orange, CA with a sentence of ten days in jail, assault with semi-automatic firearm in Orange, CA with a sentence of three years in prison, and personal use of a firearm in Orange, CA with a sentence of three years in prison.". Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asked in a statement, noting that the rioters in LA are essentially "fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.". "Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer," she added. The Blaze [6/9/2025 3:20 PM, Candace Hathaway, 1805K] reports that a DHS press release further slammed California politicians and rioters for "defending heinous illegal alien criminals at the expense of Americans [sic] safety." The now-detained illegal immigrants included murderers, sex offenders, and those convicted of other violent offenses, the DHS reported. Despite battling resistance from more than 1,000 Los Angeles rioters, ICE claimed to have detained 118 illegal aliens last week, including five gang members. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, "It is sickening that Governor [Gavin] Newsom and Mayor [Karen] Bass continue to protect violent criminal illegal aliens at the expense of the safety of American citizens and communities. This cold-blooded killer is who the rioters are trying to protect over U.S. citizens." She added, "The brave men and women of ICE put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminals like this and protect the lives of American citizens." NewsNation [6/9/2025 5:20 PM, Will Conybeare, 5801K] reports the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is releasing the names and photos of some of the immigrants who were detained in Los Angeles during raids on Saturday. "America’s brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from L.A.’s streets, while L.A.’s leaders are working tirelessly against them," Homeland Security said on X. The names and photos of six men from six different countries were released late Sunday morning. Where each of the men are being held is not known, although Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told KTLA on Sunday morning that many of the detainees who were initially being held in downtown L.A. have been taken to an ICE facility in Adelanto. Breitbart [6/9/2025 5:15 PM, John Binder, 3077K] reports that while California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) continue to side with rioters taking to the city streets to oppose the enforcement of federal immigration laws, ICE agents have continued arresting convicted criminal illegal aliens. "These heinous criminals, including child abusers and pedophiles, are some of the illegal aliens arrested yesterday in Los Angeles," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

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FOX News [6/10/2025 12:01 AM, Staff, 46878K] reports Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discusses the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and how she feels ‘proud’ of ICE agents on ‘Hannity.’ [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [6/9/2025 3:07 PM, Staff, 46878K] reports Tricia McLaughlin, spokesperson for Homeland Security, discusses Los Angeles being consumed by what Democrats are calling ‘peaceful’ anti-ICE riots and provocative comments made by party members on ‘America Reports.’ [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [6/9/2025 11:41 AM, Theodore Bunker, 4622K] reports Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, in an interview with Newsmax on Monday, defended immigration agents and police officers after they encountered violence in Los Angeles over the weekend. McLaughlin, in an interview with Newsmax’s "Wake Up America," defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and police officers in Los Angeles who clashed with protesters while attempting to apprehend illegal migrants in the city. Police deployed flash-bangs and tear gas to forcibly disperse a crowd of protesters who shut down one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles on Sunday. "I want to say we are so proud of our law enforcement, our officers, our [Customs and Border Protection] officers who are on the ground there in Los Angeles in the face of incredibly disrespectful protesters who have been pummeling them with rocks, who have been assaulting them, who have been hoisting foreign flags as they burn American flags, defacing buildings, slashing the tires of government vehicles," McLaughlin said. "Our ICE officers have been patriotic," she added. "They have been stoic, they’ve been professional, and we are so proud of them as it should every American. It is all hands on deck in Los Angeles.". McLaughlin also praised President Donald Trump for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles and hit out at politicians who criticize ICE and Trump’s immigration policies, saying, "It is their responsibility to turn the temperature down.". [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [6/9/2025 10:08 PM, Nick Koutsobinas, 4622K] reports assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, suggested to Newsmax on Monday that the riots that transpired in Los Angeles over the weekend, in protest to immigration enforcement, was an "insurrection." Speaking with "Finnerty," McLaughlin said, "Outside of that ICE office, they were burning American flags as they were hoisting up foreign flags. That sure looks like an insurrection to me." "I know that the left’s favorite talking point over the last five years is insurrection. Well, they have one themselves." According to the Los Angeles Times, over the weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a series of immigration sweeps that sparked a tense stand-off between protesters and law enforcement. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass responding to the events said that such raids "sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city... We will not stand for this."

New York Post [6/9/2025 5:56 PM, Jennie Taer and Alex Oliveira, 49956K] reports some of the illegal immigrants detained in the ICE-raids that sparked Los Angeles’ riots are convicted criminals with rap sheets for sexual assault, gang activity and even murder — including a Vietnamese national convicted of carrying out a mass shooting at a high school graduation party that shocked Southern California. Cuong Chanh Phan, 49, was among dozens of illegal immigrants ICE arrested in LA over the weekend in a series of raids that prompted demonstrators to flock to the streets and demand their freedom. Phan is a killer, convicted of second-degree murder. Despite the reality of many of the arrested illegal immigrants’ crimes, protestors attempted to block ICE officers from carrying out the raids over the weekend, and surrounded a downtown LA detention center where they thought the detainees were being held. President Trump eventually deployed the National Guard to try to quell the protests. Those alarming rap sheets — and more like them — have left many within the DHS and ICE shaking their heads at what they characterized as blindly misguided motives from protestors. The list of violent offenders arrested in the raids goes on.

FOX News [6/9/2025 2:16 PM, Cameron Arcand, 46878K] reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is continuing to call on Democrats to tone down the rhetoric against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as riots not only persisted in Los Angeles Sunday night, but agents continue to face threats of doxxing and violence. The department has taken issue with not only California leaders but also House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. "The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless rioters is despicable and Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom must call for it to end," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Saturday statement. "The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens." "Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE," McLaughlin stated. "From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale. This violence against ICE must end." The department says there’s been a 413% increase in assaults against ICE agents, which comes as the riots in Los Angeles are centered against the presence of the agency in the city.

Politico [6/9/2025 11:51 PM, Gregory Svirnovskiy, 16523K] reports at least nine people are facing federal charges for their involvement in protests against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday. Demonstrators face charges for attacking police with Molotov cocktails, looting and spitting on law enforcement, Bondi said in a TV interview. “We are going to prosecute them federally,” she said in an interview on Fox News. “If California won’t protect their law enforcement, we will protect the LAPD and the sheriff’s office out there.” Sporadic but at times raucous protests broke out in several parts of the Los Angeles area in recent days, prompting President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops and Marines despite the fact that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the additional forces were not needed. Bondi said the Trump administration planned to take a hard line against demonstrators. “You spit on a federal law enforcement officer no more,” she said. “As President Trump said, you spit. we hit. Get ready. If you spit on a federal law enforcement officer, we are going to charge you with a crime federally. You are looking at up to five years maximum in prison.” Those charged already include David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union California, who was injured and arrested while protesting the arrest of workers in downtown Los Angeles. He was released Monday from federal custody on a $50,000 bond. The Trump administration’s decisive treatment of demonstrators — and the president’s focus on punishing those who assault police officers — stands in contrast to his sweeping pardons for roughly 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, seeking to overturn the election.

Washington Examiner [6/10/2025 2:11 AM, Staff, 1934K] reports the FBI has identified a suspect who was seen throwing cinderblocks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles during the riots in Los Angeles, California, over the weekend. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the news about identifying the suspect during an interview on Monday night with Fox News host Sean Hannity. "We have breaking news right now," Bondi said on Fox News Channel’s Hannity. "The case where the guy was breaking up the cinderblocks, and he was throwing them at police cars.” "The FBI has identified him," Bondi added. "Bill Essayli, our incredible U.S. attorney out there, working with ATF, DEA, and the FBI, have been doing a remarkable job. That guy has just been identified, and they are doing a search warrant on his house as we speak.” "His name is Reyes," Bondi continued. "He is going to be on the ‘Most Wanted’ list.” Video of the suspect throwing cinderblocks at ICE SUVs urgently driving down a Southern California road went viral on social media over the weekend. He stood on an island in the middle of the street, wearing a motorcycle helmet, throwing rocks at the vehicles, many of which shattered windshields upon contact. Others cheered on as he kept hitting the cars and causing damage. On Saturday, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posted a message on X that the FBI was investigating the incident and searching for the (at the time) unidentified suspect. "I strongly suggest you turn yourself in, it’s only a matter of time," Bongino warned in the post. Bondi echoed Bongino’s sentiments and warnings after identifying Reyes on Hannity’s show. "So you can run, you can’t hide," Bondi asserted. "We are coming, federally. If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on a police officer, we’re coming after you. Thousands of violent rioters caused chaos and destruction over the weekend, protesting the illegal immigration enforcement operations that ICE carried out. Rioters vandalized buildings, set police cars and Waymo vehicles on fire, and assaulted law enforcement officials during the demonstrations. To address the violent acts and threats, President Donald Trump deployed 2000 National Guard troops to the area.

FOX News [6/9/2025 6:15 PM, Cameron Arcand, 46878K] reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday that it will look into any organized effort to create chaos in Los Angeles, as anti-ICE riots occurred over the weekend. "We’re investigating anyone who crosses the line from first-amendment protected activity to violence and are prepared to prosecute anyone who assaults a federal officer or causes damage to government property," Laura Eimiller, media coordinator for the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, told Fox News Digital in an email. "LAPD, as you know, is also making arrests for unlawful assembly. Obviously, any evidence of a criminal conspiracy will be investigated," she continued. Dozens have been arrested in Los Angeles as cars have been burned and tensions between rioters and law enforcement tended to escalate later in the day over the weekend, and more unrest could occur on Monday night. President Donald Trump has sent in National Guard troops to reign in the riots, which the state of California is suing over, as Democratic leaders argue it’s only instigating. Andy Ngo of The Post Millennial reported that Antifa and others are likely playing a role in the riots, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said that she’ll be introducing legislation to "designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization.". On Monday during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles, California Attorney General Rob Bonta told Fox News Digital he acknowledged that "outside folks" will "sometimes embed themselves or use the protest as cover.". "If you don’t follow the law, we will find you, and we will come for you, and we will hold you accountable," Bonta said. As for non-violent protests, many of the demonstrations stem from left-wing groups, including the Service Employees International Union, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The SEIU has organized anti-ICE rallies across the country following the arrest of the union’s California president, David Huerta, as he is facing federal charges for allegedly getting in the way of an ICE crackdown. Huerta was released Monday from federal custody. "ICE’s brutal, military-style tactics have no place in our communities. We demand safety. We demand respect. We demand David’s release," SEIU posted to X on Monday. CHRILA told the New York Post that they have "not participated, coordinated, or been part of the protests being registered in Los Angeles other than the press conference and rally.". The Post reported that CHIRLA won $450,000 in grants from the Biden-era DHS, but $100,936 of "remaining, unobligated federal funding" for the award given to the group was scrapped by the Trump administration in March, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin posted to X on Sunday.

Washington Post [6/10/2025 12:38 AM, Arelis R. Hernández and Marianne LeVine, 32099K] reports less than 48 hours after Juan Fernando was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his job at a clothing factory, he was transported back to the country he had left behind. The 23-year-old member of Mexico’s Indigenous Zapotec community told his parents that he had been dropped off at an international bridge and told to cross back to Mexico, the family recounted in an interview with The Washington Post. He told them he thought he had signed a consent to a coronavirus test but may have inadvertently signed off on his deportation instead. His arrest at Ambiance Apparel in Los Angeles on Friday and subsequent removal happened so quickly that his parents said they didn’t have time to obtain an attorney. They said he has no criminal record and had lived in the United States for four years. “The way they deported him wasn’t right,” said his father Javier, 42, who spoke on the condition that only his first name be used because he does not have legal immigration status. “He is a calm, working man. We are asking for justice because they violated his rights.” As protests over workplace raids in California’s largest city continued Monday and the Pentagon announced it would be sending 700 Marines to backstop National Guard troops, immigration lawyers, advocates and relatives of those detained were scrambling to find any information about them. Mexico’s foreign minister said four immigrants detained in the raid had already been removed from the United States, a speed that some advocates said was unusual. The Trump administration has not released a total count of how many immigrants have been picked up in the raids that sparked a wave of unrest in Los Angeles and demonstrations around the country. But as the protests continued, a picture of who was detained was slowly coming together. The Department of Homeland Security released information on 16 people who they said had criminal histories that included charges or convictions for crimes including robbery, sexual battery and drug possession, according to the agency. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News on Monday that those picked up in the raids represent the “worst of the worst.” But immigrant advocacy groups say they have collected information indicating that more than 200 people were detained and that many do not have any criminal record. The administration has sought to ramp up its daily arrest numbers as part of an effort to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said in May that the administration’s goal is for ICE to make a “minimum of 3,000 arrests” every day. Since then, the administration has increased its arrest numbers. While DHS highlighted the arrests of some of those detained in Los Angeles, the agency did not answer further questions about the operation, including whether any employers were among those arrested and how many of those picked up had a criminal record.

CBS News [6/9/2025 8:06 PM, Eleanor Watson, 51860K] reports the military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent to Los Angeles, joining National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests, U.S. Northern Command said in a statement. Members of the Marine Corps could start arriving in the Los Angeles area as soon as Tuesday, a defense official told CBS News. The Marines are based in Twentynine Palms, a city east of Los Angeles. Northern Command said the Marines will "seamlessly integrate" with hundreds of members of the National Guard to protect "federal personnel and federal property." They have been trained in "de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force," the military added. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also said Monday that around 700 Marines "are being deployed to Los Angeles to restore order.". Northern Command said the Marines who were activated are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, an infantry unit based in Twentynine Palms, California, east of Los Angeles. Hegseth said the Marines are being deployed from a different base — Camp Pendleton, south of Los Angeles. When asked earlier Monday about the possibility of sending in Marines, President Trump said, "We’ll see what happens.". Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDowell said in a statement that the agency has decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstration and can handle the protests. "The arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles — absent clear coordination — presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city," he said in response to the possible deployment of Marines, adding that there needs to be open communication between all agencies to prevent confusion and avoid escalation. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said on X earlier Monday that it does not believe the Marines have been deployed yet, writing: "From our understanding, this is moving Marines from one base to another base.". Mr. Trump deployed National Guard troops to downtown Los Angeles over the weekend to respond to tense protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. The Trump administration argues the deployment is necessary to protect federal property and ICE agents from violence. Mr. Trump has accused local leaders of not doing enough to deal with violent clashes at the protests. Bloomberg [6/9/2025 7:27 PM, Alicia A. Caldwell, John Gittelsohn, and Hadriana Lowenkron, 88K] report that the move came after a day of intensifying clashes between President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom, with California suing the administration for mobilizing National Guard troops in the city. Trump, meanwhile, backed comments suggesting that Newsom should be arrested. The turmoil follows days of demonstrations in LA against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. On Monday, largely peaceful protests continued in pockets of the city with little incident. At the same time, cleanup crews were removing cars that were burned in unrest that turned violent at times over the weekend and led to at least 31 arrests. The Trump administration has argued the conditions are spiraling and that federal forces are needed to support immigration agents and restore order. A Defense Department official said Monday that the Marines, based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, were on the move after getting notice over the weekend. US law generally bars the use of the active-duty US military — the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines — from carrying out domestic law enforcement. The deployment of the Marines adds to Trump’s order over the weekend that directed the US Northern Command to assume control of the National Guard and dispatch at least 2,000 soldiers to the area. The Hill [6/9/2025 6:03 PM, Ellen Mitchell, 18649K] reports that approximately 700 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, based out of Twentynine Palms in California, "will seamlessly integrate" with the National Guard troops already deployed to Los Angeles to protect federal personnel and property, Northcom said. The command noted that the Marines had been "trained in de-escalation, crowd control, and standing rules for the use of force." It is not clear if the Marines will actually be placed on the ground or if they will remain on standby, though the press office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said it was their understanding that the service members are not being deployed as there is a difference between that and being mobilized. The Daily Signal [6/9/2025 7:05 PM, Virginia Allen, 558K] reports Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized the president’s action, and California state Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday called it "unnecessary, counterproductive, and unlawful.". While the role of National Guard troops is somewhat limited to protecting federal property, Julio Rosas, a former Marine Corps reservist and author of "Fiery But Mostly Peaceful," says the presence of the federal troops frees local law enforcement to focus on keeping the peace and "puts manpower back into the streets.". Trump reaffirmed his commitment to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Monday, writing on Truth Social, "We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.".

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ABC News [6/10/2025 5:04 AM, Anne Flaherty, 31733K] reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to testify before a House panel on Tuesday, his first time on Capitol Hill since being sworn in five months ago and as questions swirl about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of an immigration crackdown. Hegseth planned to appear before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee alongside Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and acting Pentagon Comptroller Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell to discuss the administration’s upcoming 2026 budget request. During the hearing, Hegseth is widely expected to dodge many of the specifics on the military’s spending blueprint, which has not been released, and instead highlight recent gains in recruiting numbers and new technology initiatives in the Army. But overshadowing much of his testimony will be the Pentagon’s decision to send some 4,800 troops, including 700 Marines, to Los Angeles following several days of clashes between protesters and law enforcement there. The troops, known as Task Force 51, are being called under a law known as Title 10, which allows the president to send military forces to protect federal property and personnel. "The active duty military has absolutely no legal role in domestic law enforcement. President Trump and Secretary Hegseth should read the Constitution and follow the law," she said. The Pentagon has not had a news conference since the deployment of troops to Los Angeles, referring reporters with questions about the mission to Hegseth’s posts on X. On X, Hegseth said the troops were needed to protect federal immigration officers and detention buildings. "There is plenty of room for peaceful protest, but ZERO tolerance for attacking federal agents who are doing their job. The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE," Hegseth said in a statement.

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San Francisco Chronicle [6/9/2025 9:44 PM, Matthias Gafni, Cynthia Dizikes, Sophia Bollag, Susie Neilson, 4120K] reports that one day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest "lawbreakers," a move one expert called "a grave escalation.” A letter sent Sunday from Noem to Hegseth, obtained by the Chronicle, requested that the Pentagon give "Direction 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.” The military is generally barred under federal laws from taking part in domestic law enforcement. Noem’s request may be a step toward the administration sidestepping those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act, two legal experts said in interviews. Noem also asked Hegseth for "drone surveillance support" as well as weapons and logistics assistance in Los Angeles. By Monday, the Defense Department had deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles, where they were to join more than 2,000 federalized California National Guard troops in quelling raucous immigration protests. The Pentagon and Homeland Security did not immediately return requests for comment Monday, as California sued over the deployment of troops to Los Angeles and as immigration protests spread to other cities including San Francisco. In the letter, Noem referred to an "emergent Request for Assistance (RFA) to aid in resolving the situation in Los Angeles," and used strong language to describe what she said was the threat posed by people protesting a series of raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. "We need … support to our law enforcement officers and agents across Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Federal Protective Services (FPS)," Noem wrote, "as they defend against invasive, violent, insurrectionist mobs that seek to protect invaders and military aged males belonging to identified foreign terrorist organizations, and who seek to prevent the deportation of criminal aliens.” It’s not clear what Noem meant by her reference to terrorist organizations. In the past, the Trump Administration has used the term terrorist organizations to refer to gangs. "This is a grave escalation," said William Banks, a Syracuse University law professor and leading expert on national security law and the domestic role of the military. "It may presage the invocation of the Insurrection Act.” Stephen Dycus, an expert in national security law and the Insurrection Act, called the requests in the memo extraordinary given that local authorities appeared to be in control of the protests. In the rare cases that such military force has been used in the past, the Vermont Law and Graduate School professor emeritus said, local law enforcement had either lost control or was refusing to act. "Viewed all together, and more importantly in the current context, these requests can be seen as using the military, or at a minimum using that threat, to instill fear in the American people and discourage the kinds of protests that are going on in Los Angeles," Dycus said. "So this could be viewed as a preparation for invoking the Insurrection Act, or it could be viewed as part of a larger effort to frighten people who otherwise would exercise their first amendment guarantee of free speech and protest.”

CNN [6/10/2025 12:08 AM, Donald Judd, 875K] reports President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan argued Monday that it was necessary to deploy hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests that are happening in the city – despite local officials saying it’s unclear why they are there or what they are doing. “Yes, it all depends on the activities of these protesters – I mean, they make the decisions. I keep hearing reports that they’re rioting because President Trump sent National Guard here, it’s just ridiculous,” Homan told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “We don’t know what’s going to happen tonight – it seems like at night, the crowds get bigger, the violence peaks. So, we want to be ahead of the game. We’ll be well prepared for the military here to protect government property and protect officers’ lives,” he said. Homan declined to say what standard the Trump administration was using to decide if mobilizing the Marines would be necessary. “They’re not reinforcing immigration law – we’re doing that, we’re immigration officers,” Homan said. “Their job is protection of property and protection of our agents and their lives and their wellbeing, along with the public’s wellbeing.” Over the weekend, Trump became the first president in decades to call in the National Guard without a request from a governor – doing so without invoking the Insurrection Act, the 1807 law that allows the president to deploy American soldiers to police US streets in extreme circumstances. Trump ordered the Department of Defense to deploy an additional 2,000 California National Guard members to the Los Angeles area on Monday evening, according to the Pentagon. On Monday, the administration mobilized more than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California to respond to the protests in Los Angeles. Homan said that there are conversations “every day” within the administration about deploying military domestically, but he said he has not been personally involved in conversations about invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow for the use active-duty military to quell protests. “No – again, I’m here running a Title 8 immigration operation, I was – I’m not involved in discussions, but I do know every day a conversation happens with the leadership of DOJ, DHS, and DOD on a decision going forward,” he said. “I think decisions on deployment of the National Guard and any other deployment of DOD is a decision being made by the White House, along with the Department of Justice, DOD – I know those calls are happening every day.” But pressed if Americans should expect to see military deployed to other US cities where protests against ICE operations pop up, the border czar said, “I hope not.” “I hope it’s not the new normal – I hope people go out there and protest peacefully, but to attack law enforcement officers who are simply enforcing the laws that Congress enacted,” he said. “So, if you want to hate, you want to protest, go to Congress and protest them. ICE is just doing their job.” Homan also acknowledged that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not done anything to warrant arrest after Trump said if he were Homan, he would have him arrested. “Governor Newsom has not done anything to warrant an arrest in your view right now, correct?” Collins asked. “Not at this time – absolutely not,” he said.

NewsNation [6/10/2025 4:11 AM, Damita Menezes, 5801K] reports White House border czar Tom Homan defended federal immigration enforcement operations Monday, rejecting criticism that ICE raids are "going too far" as protests continue in Los Angeles over workplace arrests. "I don’t think we’re going too far," Homan said on NewsNation’s "CUOMO." "I think the men and women of ICE are acting very professionally, and they’re out there enforcing laws enacted by Congress.” Homan’s comments came as President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles following protests over immigration enforcement operations that began Friday. The border czar said ICE will continue its operations despite the unrest, with over 100 teams working daily across the nation. The protests erupted after ICE served criminal search warrants at businesses Wednesday as part of an investigation into money laundering, tax evasion and customs fraud. Homan said the targeted company brought in over $87 million in goods while failing to pay $17 million in tariff taxes, with some proceeds allegedly funding cartel activity in Mexico and Colombia. During the operation, Homan said ICE arrested 40 people working at the company illegally, along with other targets including a Vietnamese national wanted for murdering two teenagers, several child sexual predators, and individuals convicted of rape and domestic violence. "We took a lot of bad people off the street that day," Homan said, describing the enforcement actions as "targeted enforcement operations" rather than random sweeps. Protesters gathered during the operations and blocked ICE agents from safely leaving with arrestees and evidence, according to Homan. He said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass instructed police to "stand down" when federal agents requested assistance. The border czar clarified recent comments about potential prosecutions of state and local officials who interfere with ICE operations, saying his remarks were taken out of context. He said no specific threats were made against California Gov. Gavin Newsom or other officials, but said that "no one is above the law" if they cross legal boundaries. "If he crosses that line of impeding ICE enforcement efforts, if he aids and abets or harbors or conceals, that’s a crime," Homan said of any official who might interfere with federal operations. Homan rejected the term "raids" to describe ICE operations, saying agents conduct "targeted enforcement operations" with specific fugitive operational sheets identifying targets, their immigration histories and criminal backgrounds. "We’re not going on the streets looking for people different than us," he said. "We’re targeting enforcement operations.” The border czar said ICE is enforcing removal orders issued by federal judges for approximately 1.4 million people who have exhausted due process in immigration courts. He argued that failure to execute these orders sends a message encouraging more illegal border crossings. "There has to be consequences for violating our laws," Homan said, directing critics to "protest Congress" rather than ICE agents who are implementing laws enacted by lawmakers. Homan said enforcement operations will continue uninterrupted despite the Los Angeles protests, saying that peaceful demonstration is a First Amendment right but warning against violence or interference with federal officers. "You can protest, but do not put hands on an ICE officer. Do not throw Molotov cocktails," he said. "Don’t destroy what the taxpayers paid for.” The border czar described ICE officers as "mothers and fathers" who are not "terrorists" or "racists" as some protest signs suggest, saying they witness difficult situations while enforcing immigration law. Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles without state consent has drawn criticism from California officials and renewed questions about the limits of presidential authority to use military forces for domestic law enforcement.

NewsMax [6/9/2025 6:53 PM, Staff, 4622K] reports the Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. U.S. Northern Command said it is sending 700 Marines into the Los Angeles area to protect federal property and personnel, including federal immigration agents. The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines are coming from Twentynine Palms, California, and will augment about 2,100 National Guard soldiers in LA responding to the protests. The forces have been trained in deescalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force, Northern Command said. But the use of the active duty forces still raises difficult questions. The Marines are highly trained in combat and crisis response, with time in conflict zones like Syria and Afghanistan. But that is starkly different from the role they will face now: They could potentially be hit by protesters carrying gas canisters and have to quickly decide how to respond or face decisions about protecting an immigration enforcement agent from crowds. According to a U.S. official, troops will be armed with their normal service weapons but will not be carrying tear gas. They also will have protective equipment such as helmets, shields and gas masks. When troops are overseas, how they can respond to threats is outlined by the rules of engagement. At home, they are guided by standing rules for the use of force, which have to be set and agreed to by Northern Command, and then each Marine should receive a card explaining what they can and cannot do, another U.S. official said. For example, warning shots would be prohibited, according to use-of-force draft documents viewed by The Associated Press. Marines are directed to deescalate a situation whenever possible but also are authorized to act in self-defense, the documents say. The Pentagon also is working on a memo with clarifying language for the Marines that will lay out the steps they can take to protect federal personnel and property. Those guidelines also will include specifics on the possibility that they could temporarily detain civilians if troops are under assault or to prevent harm, the first U.S. official said. Those measures could involve detaining civilians until they can be turned over to law enforcement. Having the Marines deploy to protect federal buildings allows them to be used without invoking the Insurrection Act, one U.S. official said. The Insurrection Act allows the president to direct federal troops to conduct law enforcement functions in national emergencies. But the use of that act is extremely rare. Officials said that has not yet been done in this case and that it’s not clear it will be done.

Chicago Tribune [6/9/2025 8:40 PM, Jason Dearen, et al., 3987K] reports President Donald Trump authorized on Monday the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids, according to U.S. officials. The order would put them on active duty. One official warned, however, that the order was just signed and it could take a day or two to get troops moving. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move reckless and “disrespectful to our troops” in a post on the social platform X. “This isn’t about public safety. It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego,” Newsom said. The Pentagon also deployed about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on Monday to help National Guard members respond to protests over immigration raids, officials said, as California sued Trump over his use of the Guard troops and demonstrators took to the city’s streets for a fourth day. The Marines are being deployed from their base at Twentynine Palms in the Southern California desert to protect federal property and personnel, including federal immigration agents, U.S. Northern Command said in a statement. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a statement Monday afternoon he was confident in the police department’s ability to handle large-scale demonstrations and that the Marines’ arrival without coordinating with the police department presented a “significant logistical and operational challenge” for them. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit over the use of National Guard troops by telling reporters that Trump had “trampled” the state’s sovereignty. “We don’t take lightly to the president abusing his authority and unlawfully mobilizing California National Guard troops,” Bonta said. He sought a court order declaring Trump’s use of the Guard unlawful and asking for a restraining order to halt the deployment. The arrival of the National Guard followed two days of protests that began Friday in downtown Los Angeles after federal immigration authorities arrested more than 40 people that day across the city. The smell of smoke hung in the air downtown Monday, one day after crowds blocked a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire as police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades. The law enforcement presence was heavy, with police cars from neighboring cities blocking the street in front of the federal detention facility that was a focus of the protests. The clashes unfolded over just a few square blocks in an immense city of some 4 million people, most of whom went about their normal business on peaceful streets. On Monday, thousands flooded the streets around City Hall for a union rally ahead of a hearing for arrested labor leader David Huerta, who was freed a few hours later on a $50,000 bond. Huerta’s arrest on Friday while protesting immigration raids has become a rallying cry for people angry over the administration’s crackdown. He is the president of the Service Employees International Union California, which represents thousands of the state’s janitors, security officers and other workers.

New York Times [6/10/2025 3:30 AM, Charlie Savage and Laurel Rosenhall, 330K] reports the state of California on Monday filed suit against the Trump administration over its move to take control of the state’s National Guard and deploy troops to Los Angeles to protect immigration enforcement agents, accusing President Trump of an “unprecedented usurpation of state authority and resources.” The 22-page complaint, filed in the Federal District Court in San Francisco, declared that Mr. Trump was violating both federal law and the Constitution and sought a judicial order that would unwind the deployment and return control of the National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom. “President Trump has repeatedly invoked emergency powers to exceed the bounds of lawful executive authority,” the complaint said. “On Saturday, June 7, he used a protest that local authorities had under control to make another unprecedented power grab, this time at the cost of the sovereignty of the state of California and in disregard of the authority and role of the Governor as commander-in-chief of the state’s National Guard.” The Justice Department declined to comment on the litigation. Gov. Gavin Newsom had foreshadowed the filing in a social media post earlier on Monday, a day of fast-moving events that began with a focus on the federalized National Guard moving into the streets of Los Angeles but ended with a significant escalation, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was sending in 700 active-duty Marines. In an interview on Monday, Mr. Newsom warned other governors across the country that Mr. Trump could repeat his move in their states, too, in the name of suppressing protests against the administration’s immigration crackdown. “The president’s order that we are litigating on is a national order,” Mr. Newsom said. “It’s not just for Los Angeles. And so I continue to remind my fellow governors — not just Democratic governors, Republican governors — of how consequential it is and how significant an escalation it is.” The complaint largely focused on the legitimacy of Mr. Trump’s seizure of control over the state’s National Guard. It sought a judicial declaration nullifying Mr. Trump’s order and declaring that it was unlawful for Mr. Hegseth to bypass Mr. Newsom in federalizing those forces.

NewsMax [6/9/2025 1:49 PM, Sam Barron, 4622K] reports that the Department of Homeland Security called on California leaders to take action amid continued protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids. Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd. Many protesters dispersed as evening fell and police declared an unlawful assembly, a precursor to officers moving in and making arrests of people who don’t leave. "California politicians must call off their rioting mob," the Department of Homeland Security wrote on social media. "Federal law enforcement are working to protect and safeguard American citizens from criminal illegal aliens. Why is California’s governor siding with foreign criminals?" The protests in Los Angeles, home to a large Latino population, were triggered by raids and dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members. Critics say Trump — who has made clamping down on illegal migration a key pillar of his second term — deliberately stoked tensions by sending in California’s National Guard, a stand-by military usually controlled by the state governor.

New York Times [6/9/2025 1:37 AM, David E. Sanger, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Laurel Rosenhall, 138952K] reports the Pentagon significantly escalated the federal response to the immigration enforcement protests in Los Angeles on Monday, mobilizing a battalion of 700 Marines and doubling the number of California National Guard troops in what officials described as a limited mission to protect federal property and agents, even as President Trump described the situation as “very well under control.” Earlier Monday, Mr. Trump labeled the demonstrators “insurrectionists,” but he stopped short of saying he would invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act, which would allow him to call up the military to intervene directly in putting down the protests. In an announcement, the Pentagon did not make clear why it would need an additional 2,000 National Guard troops. But more worrying to state and city officials, legal experts and Democrats in Congress was the use of active-duty Marines. By tradition and law, American military troops are supposed to be used inside the United States only in the rarest and most extreme situations. The mystery was deepened by the fact that the president said the unrest was calming down thanks to his decision to federalize the California National Guard and send its troops into the streets, over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom. On Monday evening, the state filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s move and calling president’s actions illegal. In a statement on Monday night, Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said the decision to send the additional National Guard troops was made “at the order of the president.” The mixed messages — Mr. Trump’s flexing of additional military power in response to the protests, even while claiming early success — came after several days in which the president and his allies have appeared to relish the immigration standoff with local and state officials. “This is a provocation, not just an escalation,” Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, said about the decision to send in the Marines, in an interview with New York Times. “This is intended to sow more fear, more anger, and to further divide.” Mr. Newsom said that not all of the first 2,000 National Guard troops Mr. Trump deployed had been put to work, suggesting the addition of Marines was more rooted in politics than in any concern about security in the streets. And the call-up of additional forces came after city officials said a rally Monday outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles had been peaceful. California has traditionally used National Guard troops, under state control, to support local law enforcement officials if they get overwhelmed by massive unrest, Mr. Newsom said.

USA Today [6/10/2025 1:11 AM, Michael Loria, 75552K] reports officials at the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday that despite violent demonstrations, local police can handle whatever protesters throw at them and that additional federal help is unnecessary and could become a hindrance. “The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles - absent clear coordination - presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,” Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a statement. “The Los Angeles Police Department, alongside our mutual aid partners, have decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstrations, and we remain confident in our ability to do so professionally and effectively.” McDonnell’s statement comes amid the administration of President Donald Trump saying that the city is out of control. “Due to increased threats to federal law enforcement officers and federal buildings, approximately 700 active-duty U.S. Marines . . . are being deployed to Los Angeles to restore order,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a post on X. “We have an obligation to defend federal law enforcement officers - even if Gavin Newsom will not,” Hegseth said of the California governor. In addition to the 700 Marines, a Pentagon spokesperson said 2,000 National Guardsmen were ordered to Los Angeles. Trump already ordered 2,000 guardsmen to the city. LAPD has admitted that things have gotten hectic. Officers have fired over 600 non-lethal bullets and made 50 arrests. On Saturday, LAPD said 29 people were arrested for failing to follow orders to disperse. 21 people were arrested Sunday. Charges against them included attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail and assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, LAPD said. Police said officers used tear gas on the “hostile crowd” as well as over 600 rounds of non-lethal bullets. Among those hit was an Australian journalist covering the protests. But the office of Governor Gavin Newsom has said that Trump’s move to put National Guardsmen and Marines in Los Angeles has provoked the worst of the unrest.

CNN [6/9/2025 7:38 PM, Priscilla Alvarez, et al., 875K] reports President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, the architect of his immigration crackdown, have repeatedly used the word "insurrection" to describe the protests in Los Angeles, hinting they might invoke a rarely-used law by that name to dramatically escalate US military intervention on city streets. But behind the scenes, administration lawyers have been working to craft a much less confrontational way of protecting the federal government’s ability to carry out immigration enforcement, hoping to avoid further inflaming the situation, according to multiple people briefed on the discussions. At issue is the Insurrection Act, which permits the president to use military forces to end an insurrection or rebellion on US soil. On Monday, the administration mobilized more than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center to join the thousands of National Guard troops Trump activated over the weekend. But they were deployed under a different legal authority and so far, most of those troops have worked to protect federal buildings, not put down civil unrest on city streets. Invoking the Insurrection Act would allow them to expand their mission. Trump has taken part in conversations surrounding the act, according to two sources familiar with the matter, but has not made a final decision on what to do. One administration official said those involved had effectively decided not to use the act – but the lawsuit announced by California Monday challenging the move to federalize National Guard members may change their calculus. Now, that official and others said, the administration is going to weigh what happens on the ground in LA Monday night and over the next few days – and could still invoke the act if necessary. Trump’s top advisers have been watching closely. Over the course of the day Monday, Homeland Security and Pentagon officials provided regular updates on the situation in Los Angeles to the Situation Room, where Miller presided. The message from Miller was clear: the administration wasn’t backing down in LA, and they wouldn’t "give up" the city, according to a source familiar with the discussions. On Monday, Miller posted on X, "This is an organized insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.". Homeland Security assets, like US Customs and Border Protection resources and personnel, are expected to remain in the city for the foreseeable future as Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to carry out immigration enforcement operations.

Roll Call [6/9/2025 6:03 PM, John T. Bennett, 692K] reports President Donald Trump’s move to federalize the California National Guard and deploy military troops on U.S. soil risks losing public support for his immigration policies, which polls have shown a majority of Americans support. Trump returned to the White House on Monday and was asked by a reporter if he agreed with his administration’s border czar, Tom Homan, that California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested for defying federal officials. Congressional and California Democrats have accused Trump of inciting the violent protests in Los Angeles for his political benefit as the nation’s second-largest city has turned into a tinderbox. The violence was spurred by protests over raids last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who rounded up around 100 individuals the agency contends were in the country illegally. Newsom, a possible 2028 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said he did not request National Guard help and told Trump administration officials he opposed a deployment. Trump followed up Monday by ordering hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to back up the National Guard troops already in the city to help quell the unrest. California officials had said earlier that they planned to sue over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard despite Newsom’s objections. In a press appearance Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the lawsuit would argue that the deployment violated federal law and the Constitution.

Daily Caller [6/9/2025 4:30 PM, Nicole Silverio, 1010K] reports former Biden-era deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told CNN on Monday that President Donald Trump is legally authorized to deploy the National Guard to handle the Los Angeles riots. Trump sent at least 2,000 National Guard troops to combat the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots, which have resulted in the burning of cars and attacks using Molotov cocktails and fireworks. As California state officials are taking legal action against Trump over the deployment, Singh said on “The Situation Room” that Trump did not overstep his power by deploying the troops. “It is a legal use of the United States military. The president does have the authorization to do that. The difference here is the way he’s doing it is completely unprecedented,” Singh said. “Usually with an event like this, there’s coordination between the president and the governor of that state and the President of the United States. And the governor is usually requesting additional forces to come into his or her state to help with a response. That’s not what happened here.” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin in a statement accused Newsom and Democrat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of being more dedicated to protecting “violent murderers and sex offenders” over their own citizens. “Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens?” McLaughlin said. “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer.” Border czar Tom Homan vowed to NBC News on Sunday that the ICE raids will continue and that any government official who tries to obstruct their operation will be prosecuted. He clarified that while Newsom and Bass have not currently committed any crimes, they too could be subject to prosecution if they attempt to block federal agents from doing their job.

Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 11:20 AM, Anna Giaritelli, 1934K] reports Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has vowed to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration in response to what he claimed was federal overreach for how the White House sent in National Guard soldiers to quell fiery riots in Los Angeles over the weekend. Newsom, a longtime Trump foe, said Sunday evening that the state would sue President Donald Trump on Monday for deploying the state’s National Guard to quell protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that turned violent. "Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight," Newsom told MSNBC. "He’s exacerbated the conditions. He’s, you know, lit the proverbial match. He’s putting fuel on this fire, ever since he announced he was taking over the National Guard — an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.". "We’re going to test that theory with a lawsuit tomorrow," Newsom continued. Newsom maintained that he was on solid legal ground because Trump’s executive order, which activated the National Guard to move in, "specifically notes" that the Defense Department failed to coordinate with the governor of the state despite being required to do so. "We have no problem working collaboratively in a mutual aid system with local law enforcement," Newsom said. "But there’s a protocol, there’s a process. He didn’t care about that. … It’s Orwellian — simply lying to people, unconstitutional, illegal act, his mess.". Newsom’s comments followed those by White House "border czar" Tom Homan, who stated earlier in the weekend that he would not rule out arresting Newsom or Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, if the officials attempted to obstruct the federal efforts. "Tom, arrest me, let’s go," Newsom said. Homan rebutted that his words had been taken out of context. "A different reporter asked, ‘Well, could Gov. Newsom or Mayor Bass be arrested?’ I said, ‘Well, no one’s above the law. If they cross a line and commit a crime, absolutely they can,’" Homan told Fox News on Monday morning. "There was no discussion about arresting Newsom.". The White House has defended Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard. "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," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement.

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CBS News [6/9/2025 5:16 PM, Kathryn Watson, 51860K] reports President Trump signed a memorandum over the weekend deploying the National Guard to, as he says, protect federal immigration officials and other federal law enforcement in Los Angeles amid heated protests over immigration raids, citing Title 10 of the federal code. Large-scale but concentrated protests have broken out throughout L.A. County, including in the Westlake District, downtown L.A. and Paramount, following a widespread operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week. A federal law enforcement official told CBS News that multiple federal law enforcement officers have been injured during confrontations with protesters. "In light of these incidents and credible threats of continued violence," as the memo said, the president issued instructions to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, to authorize the National Guard to post up in Los Angeles. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he doesn’t want or need the National Guard there, and his administration on Monday announced it had filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment, arguing it violated state sovereignty. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said 39 people were arrested over the weekend, as of Sunday evening. The military has put about 700 Marines on high alert to possibly deploy to Los Angeles, three U.S. officials told CBS News.

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The Hill [6/9/2025 12:34 PM, Tony Kurzweil, 18649K] reports California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to threats over the weekend by the Trump administration that he could be arrested if he interferes with ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants. "He’s a tough guy, why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me," Newsom said during an interview with MSNBC News on Sunday. The governor also issued some strong statements toward the president and his administration’s crackdown on immigration. "But, you know what? Lay your hands off 4-year-old girls that are trying to get educated. Lay your hands off these poor people that are just trying to live their lives, man. Trying to live their lives, paying their taxes … been here 10 years," Newsom said. The governor’s comments come in response to threats by President Donald Trump’s "border czar," Tom Homan, to arrest anyone who obstructs the immigration enforcement effort, including Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, NBC News reported. "I’ll say about anybody," Homan told the television network. "You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job.". For her part, Bass said Homan’s comments were unnecessary. "I spoke to him last night. He understands that I am the mayor of the city; the last thing in the world I’m going to do is get into a brawl with the federal government. So that just made no sense. There was no reason for that comment," she told NBC News.

DailySignal [6/9/2025 10:40 AM, Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, 558K] reports after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the Los Angeles area in response to violent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., suggested that he is unwilling to comply with federal authorities. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said of Newsom’s comments, "It’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job.". Newsom responded by taunting Homan to carry out the arrest. "He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me," Newsom said. "That kind of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.". Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also dismissed Homan’s warning. "He had absolutely positively no reason to even say that," Bass said. "I spoke to him last night. He understands that I am the mayor of the city; the last thing in the world I’m going to do is get into a brawl with the federal government. So that just made no sense. There was no reason for that comment.". On his way back from Camp David, Trump echoed Homan’s warning. "Officials who stand in the way of law and order, yeah, they will face judges," the president told reporters Sunday. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Los Angeles agencies will "take such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots," Trump said on Truth Social. "A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals," Trump said. "Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations—But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve.". ICE began the raids Friday, and agitators took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles and Paramount, California. Democrats condemned both the ICE raids and the National Guard response to the riots. Former presidential nominee Kamala Harris attacked Trump’s actions and defended the protests as "overwhelmingly peaceful.". "Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city," Harris said in a statement. "Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.".

Blaze [6/9/2025 10:25 AM, Joseph MacKinnon, 1805K] reports President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was asked in an NBC News interview on Saturday whether Democratic officials in California, namely Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom, could be arrested if they interfered with the lawful execution of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Homan, speaking as National Guard troops were preparing for deployment to riot-ravaged L.A., underscored that the same laws apply to anyone who "cross[es] that line," stating, "It’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement from doing their job.". "Governor Newsom is an embarrassment for this state," continued the border czar. "He supports sanctuary cities. He supports sanctuary laws. If he cared about public safety in the state of California, he would not have a sanctuary for criminals — where criminals get released to the streets of this state every day because of his policies.". Newsom responded Sunday to Homan’s comments with a dare: "Come and get me, tough guy.". Newsom went on MSNBC hours after Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell admitted that police were "overwhelmed" and shortly after rioters pelted California Highway Patrol officers with rocks near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Rather than castigate the foreign flag-waving radicals impeding ICE and attacking law enforcement in his crime-ridden sanctuary state — footage of which could be seen playing on the television screen behind him — Newsom spent the majority of his airtime framing the disorder as the work of Trump and his administration. The White House made clear after the Democratic governor spent his evening attacking Trump and in the wake of his apparent admission of guilt — Homan indicated, after all, that arrests were warranted only if officials crossed the line — that Newsom should adjust his focus with a mind to improving his state. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Blaze News, "Governor Newsom should focus on stopping the violent riots and attacks on law enforcement that are consuming Los Angeles instead of political posturing for the TV cameras.". "The entire country can see the chaos and lawlessness. Newsom should be embarrassed," added Jackson.

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FOX News [6/9/2025 1:44 PM, Anders Hagstrom, 46878K] reports that President Donald Trump suggested he would be willing to arrest California Gov. Gavin Newsom if his administration obstructs ICE operations amid riots in Los Angeles on Monday. Trump made the statement in a brief exchange with reporters after disembarking from Marine One outside the White House. Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump whether he thought Border Czar Tom Homan should take up Newsom on his dare to come arrest him. "He’s daring Tom Homan to come and arrest him. Should he do it?" Doocy asked. "I would do it I were Tom," Trump responded. "I think it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity. But I do think it would be a great thing. He’s done a terrible job. I like Gavin Newsom. He’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent. Everybody knows.". Trump went on to state his belief that many of the rioters and protesters in Los Angeles are professional agitators rather than real protesters. "The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators. They’re insurrectionists. They’re bad people. They should be in jail," Trump said. Newsom swiftly responded to Trump’s comments in a post on social media. "The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor," Newsom wrote. "This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Washington Post [6/9/2025 9:17 PM, Maeve Reston and Matt Viser, 32099K] reports the relationship between the leader of the United States and the country’s most populous state reached a near-breaking point Monday, as President Donald Trump said that he thought California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested, a claim that Newsom described as an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. The back-and-forth came as Trump stepped up the military’s presence on the streets of Los Angeles, against Newsom’s will, as the two men traded recriminations. Trump repeatedly ridiculed Newsom, a Democrat, saying that he is "grossly incompetent" and had done "a terrible job." Asked about a threat made by his border czar Tom Homan to arrest the governor, Trump said, "I would do it if I were Tom.” "I think it’s great," Trump added, without specifying any alleged criminal wrongdoing or charges. "Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.” "That’s an American president in 2025, threatening a political opponent who happens to be a sitting governor," Newsom said in an interview Monday. "That’s not with precedent in modern times. That’s what we see around the globe in authoritarian regimes.” Newsom’s comments reflected a broader frustration for Democratic leaders, who have been unable to counter what they see as an escalation of Trump’s antidemocratic actions in his emboldened second term. Newsom has tried all methods: He was a face of the resistance in the first term and a welcoming greeter during Trump’s initial visit to California in his second term. All the while, he continued suing Trump, while keeping up a cordial back-channel relationship. On Monday, he sounded like he was at his end with Trump, calling him "unrestrained" and "unhinged.” "Trump is a very different president than his first foray in office," Newsom said Monday. "You’ve seen that as it relates to how he has completely obliterated any oversight from Congress; how he seeks to obliterate oversight from the judicial branch by threatening impeachment of judges and running up to the edge as it relates to court orders.”

Washington Post [6/9/2025 8:28 PM, Naftali Bendavid, 32099K] reports the specter of federally controlled troops in American streets has historically signaled a seismic social crisis, from forcing integration in Arkansas to protecting civil rights marchers in Alabama. But President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles at a time when state and local officials said they had protests there under control. The move reflects an increasingly evident pattern of his presidency: Trump declares an emergency or crisis where many others do not see one, enabling him to take sweeping actions, rally supporters and fight on political terrain he finds favorable. Trump’s declaration of an economic emergency in April enabled sweeping tariffs. His declaration of an invasion on the southern border paved the way for intensified deportations. An energy emergency made it easier for him to ease regulations. His pronouncement that fentanyl entering from Canada was an emergency justified sanctions, as did a similar finding on the International Criminal Court’s approach to Israel. By many measures, the emergencies were hard to discern. But Trump’s ability to pronounce them via executive order enabled him to instantly deploy the resulting authority. "It gives him extraordinary powers to not go through the normal machinery and bureaucracy of government," said Mike Madrid, a longtime Republican strategist who has been critical of Trump. "The goal is to wield extraordinary powers to get rid of government where he wants, get rid of the bureaucracy where he can — and step on the neck of his opponents.” The stream of emergency declarations has contributed to a sense cultivated by Trump that the country is facing perpetual crisis, under threat from foreign nations and domestic enemies. Trump appears to thrive in this atmosphere, adopting the role of fighter and savior. If he had not federalized the National Guard, Trump said Monday on Truth Social, "Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated." Late Monday, a senior administration official said the Pentagon was sending 700 Marines to Los Angeles to backstop the National Guard. Democrats responded that there was no crisis from the protests in Los Angeles of Trump’s immigration policies until he inflamed matters. Trump, some said, was seeking to shift attention from such topics as Republican divisions over his marquee budget bill and onto political turf where he is relatively strong, such as illegal immigration and urban ills. "I’m not suggesting the yahoos who showed up and threw bottles and lit a fire were okay. They need to be identified and arrested," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-California). "But it was under control until they sent in the Guard. I think this was intended to incite.” Lofgren, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Trump’s dispatch of the National Guard clearly violated the law, since he was relying on a statute that can only be invoked when there is an invasion or rebellion. The state of California on Monday sued the administration over the move. "I can’t get into the head of the president, but this is something a dictator would do," Lofgren said, adding, "If people aren’t concerned about it, they could watch our country’s liberties drip away.” The White House said Trump is using his rightful powers because Democrats left the country in shambles and strong action is needed. "For years, Democrats like Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden have done nothing to protect Americans from economic and national security threats," said spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. "President Trump is rightly using his executive authority as evidence by our many victories in court.”

FOX News [6/10/2025 4:00 AM, Audrey Conklin, 46878K] reports the Department of Homeland Security is sharing information about more than a dozen illegal immigrant suspects accused of crimes in the United States who were arrested in Los Angeles starting on June 6. The agency released the suspect information after violence broke out in Downtown LA over the weekend in response to the ICE raids that resulted in "hundreds of illegal aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents," including "many with a criminal history and criminal convictions." DHS listed more information about 19 suspects that ICE Los Angeles arrested on June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree murder to rape. "America’s brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA’s streets, while LA’s leaders are working tirelessly against them," DHS said in a Sunday statement as riots continued through the weekend. Rioters assaulted officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings and taxpayer-funded property, the agency said in a June 7 press release. "As rioters have escalated their assaults on our DHS law enforcement and activists’ behavior on the streets becomes increasingly dangerous, the federal government is calling in the California National Guard for additional support to ensure the safety of all citizens, law enforcement and public property," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Politicians need to turn down the temperature — our ICE enforcement officers face a 413% increase in assaults against them as they are just trying to do their jobs." The agency is calling on Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass to "end" the rioting. "The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens," ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE. From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale. This violence against ICE must end." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [6/9/2025 7:13 PM, Michael Katz, 4622K] reports Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s point man for mass deportations and border security, told Newsmax on Monday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, should be grateful for the administration’s efforts to take public safety threats off the streets. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a series of raids last week in Los Angeles that led to the arrests of several illegal aliens, including Cuong Chanh Phan, a 49-year-old Vietnamese national whose criminal history includes a conviction for second degree murder, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The raids sparked four days of widespread rioting that led to Trump activating California’s National Guard on Sunday and the Marines on Monday to quell the unrest in Los Angeles. "We’ve got to bring safety to this town," Homan told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren." "What angers me the most, Greta, people aren’t looking at the facts. ICE arrested significant public safety threats [in] the last few days in LA. We arrested a murderer — a Vietnamese national who murdered teenagers at a graduation party. We arrested several sexual predators — child sexual predators. We arrested people convicted of armed robbery, arrested people for domestic violence and all sorts of public safety threats. "ICE made Los Angeles a lot safer in the last couple of days. Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass should be thanking ICE for taking these public safety threats off the streets.". Newsom criticized the deployment of the National Guard without his consultation, and Bass insisted the raids "sow a sense of terror" in the community. Homan, who applauded Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard and Marines, said ICE has continued operations in Los Angeles, as well as nationwide, in the search for illegal immigrants. But he added Congress must step up and pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which provides much-needed funding to the administration’s efforts at catching and deporting illegal immigrants. Homan said the illegal immigration crisis is a "national security issue" because of the millions who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, and that voters gave Trump a mandate to fix border security and remove illegal immigration.

The Hill [6/9/2025 1:13 PM, Brett Samuels, 18649K] reports that President Trump on Monday said he would support arresting California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) after Newsom dared the White House’s border czar to do so amid a clash over protests in Los Angeles that center on immigration. Upon returning from Camp David to the White House on Monday, Trump was asked if his border czar Tom Homan should arrest Newsom in the wake of suggestions to do so over the weekend as protests erupted over immigration raids. "I would do it if I were Tom," Trump responded. "I think it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing," Trump said. "Look, I like Gavin Newsom. He’s a nice guy. But he’s grossly incompetent." Newsom responded swiftly on social media, calling the threat an "unmistakable step toward authoritarianism." "The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America," Newsom posted on X. "I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.". The Trump administration has sparred with Newsom and other California officials over the response to demonstrations in Los Angeles in response to immigration raids there.

FOX News [6/9/2025 3:31 PM, Brooke Singman, 46878K] reports President Donald Trump said National Guard officers are authorized to hit back if "insurrectionists" spit in their faces, warning that "such disrespect will not be tolerated.". The president, on Monday, blasted the "catastrophic" riots across Los Angeles in protest of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. He added: "Such disrespect will not be tolerated."

Daily Wire [6/9/2025 3:53 AM, Leif Le Mahieu, 3816K] reports President Donald Trump promised Sunday night to restore order in Los Angeles after riots broke out over the weekend with protesters burning cars and attacking federal officers in response to immigration enforcement operations. Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had directed his administration to take all necessary steps to end the "Migrant riots" and continue the deportations of illegal immigrants. Earlier on Sunday, Trump sent the National Guard into Los Angeles to help quell the unrest that began on Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies conducted several immigration raids, including outside of a Home Depot. "A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve," Trump posted on Truth Social. "I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, in coordination with all other relevant Departments and Agencies, to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots," Trump added. "Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Breitbart [6/9/2025 12:00 PM, Hannah Knudsen, 3077K] reports the Department of Homeland Security promised on Sunday night that "order will be restored" in Los Angeles as rioters lash out at law enforcement and engage in widespread looting in protest of immigration operations. "ORDER WILL BE RESTORED," the department wrote, sharing two images of a rioter standing on top of a vehicle covered in graffiti, holding up the Mexican flag. Flames and smoke can be seen in the background. The Department of Homeland Security said in another post that the chaos that has erupted in the blue city is the "natural consequence of politicians vilifying our ICE law enforcement — comparing them to the Nazi Gestapo — igniting these riots.". "Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump we will put the safety of American citizens FIRST not these criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary city politicians are defending," it vowed, calling on California’s politicians to "call off their rioting mob.". For two days, the department has called on California officials to town down what they describe as "dangerous" rhetoric about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In a June 7 press release, the department detailed that the night prior, "over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property.". It still took the Los Angeles Police Department two hours to respond to the violence.

New York Times [6/10/2025 1:14 AM, Ashley Wu, Bora Erden and Elena Shao, 153395K] reports clashes in Los Angeles between federal agents and people protesting immigration raids continued for a fourth day on Monday, after the Trump administration ordered active-duty Marines and several thousand additional National Guard troops to join the considerable law enforcement presence downtown. Here is what happened on each day. On Monday afternoon, law enforcement officers in downtown Los Angeles used flash bangs, foam rounds and other tactics to push protesters out of a complex of federal and municipal buildings that has been a central site of demonstrations. Protests also took place in at least two dozen other cities on Monday, mostly without incident, although some brief clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers were reported and dozens of people were arrested. The third day of protests in downtown Los Angeles began with roughly 20 National Guard troops arriving at the Metropolitan Detention Center early Sunday morning. By about 10:30 a.m. Pacific time, nearly 300 members of the California Guard took positions at three different sites around the city. More than a dozen Homeland Security officers in riot gear joined the National Guard troops at the detention center. By early afternoon hundreds of protesters had gathered there. At around 1 p.m. Pacific, California National Guard, Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers formed a line and attempted to clear protesters away from the Metropolitan Detention Center. Officers deployed tear gas, pepper balls and other crowd-control munitions. On Saturday morning, separate clashes broke out between protesters and law enforcement officers in Paramount, a small city about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, amid rumors that immigration agents planned to raid a Home Depot in the area. Friday, June 6, Around 3 p.m. Pacific, a crowd of dozens gathered in the Fashion District near downtown Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appeared at an apparel manufacturer there. Dozens of federal agents arrived in riot gear to disperse the crowd and clear a path for two white passenger vans leaving the area. The operation was one of three immigration raids on Friday in Los Angeles. Later in the afternoon, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Federal Building, calling for an end to immigration raids in the city.

CBS News [6/9/2025 3:53 PM, Rhona Tarrant, Taylor Johnston, Grace Manthey, Layla Ferris, Joanne Stocker, Erielle Delzer, 51860K] reports clashes between federal agents and protesters in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as the demonstrations against immigration detention operations stretched into their third day and National Guard troops began arriving in the city under orders from President Trump. Here’s a timeline of how the protests unfolded in multiple locations around L.A. [Editorial note: consult full timeline at source link]

FOX News [6/9/2025 2:30 PM, Gabriel Hays, 46878K] reports that Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Monday the media is partly to blame for the anti-ICE riots that caused chaos in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend. During an appearance on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," Homan slammed the media for not reporting the real reasons that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement were conducting investigations in the Fashion District of L.A. He said the law enforcement agency was executing warrants on specific criminal activity and noted that the news ignored that, choosing to characterize the actions as wide-ranging immigration raids that were "separating families." "The facts never got out. Even though we put the facts out, the media didn’t cover it. They just said ‘immigration raids,’ and we’re separating families and all the negative information we hear all the time," Homan told "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire. ICE agents carried out operations at businesses across Los Angeles on Friday, which sparked protests and clashes outside multiple locations. The next three days saw unrest and confrontations between anti-ICE rioters and law enforcement, while the Department of Homeland Security urged California state leaders to "call off their rioting mob." A DHS statement put out Saturday read, "Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property. It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) 2 hours to respond."

Wall Street Journal [6/9/2025 9:00 PM, Elizabeth Findell, Ruth Simon, Michelle Hackman, and Tarini Parti, 646K] reports even with the high-profile arrests of suspects by masked immigration agents and the plane loads of migrants swiftly ferried out of the U.S., President Trump was falling short of the number of daily deportations carried out by the Biden administration in its final year. So in late May, Stephen Miller, a top White House aide and the architect of the president’s 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 deport millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, wasn’t pleased. The agency had better step it up. Gang members and violent criminals, what Trump called the “worst of the worst,” weren’t the sole target of deportations. Federal agents needed to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens,” Miller told top ICE officials, who had come from across the U.S., according to people familiar with the meeting. Agents didn’t 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 Home 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. “Who here thinks they can do it?” Miller said, asking for a show of hands. ICE agents appeared to follow Miller’s tip and conducted an immigration sweep Friday at the Home Depot in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Westlake in Los Angeles, helping set off a weekend of protests around Los Angeles County, including at the federal detention center in the city’s downtown. On Saturday, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to Southern California, despite objections by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Law-enforcement officers used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang stun grenades against increasingly unruly crowds. Demonstrators threw tree branches, scooters, fireworks and debris from a freeway overpass onto police vehicles below. The unrest continued Monday and roughly 700 Marines were dispatched to protect federal property and personnel. Since Miller’s meeting with ICE officials, daily arrests have risen, according to ICE officials. The Trump administration defends its tactics for arrests, including many documented in cellphone videos and posted on social media. ICE officers have been donning protective gear and concealing their faces because of threats, said Tom Homan, the White House border czar. “They’re simply trying to enforce the law, and they’re trying to protect themselves,” he said.

Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 3:40 PM, Anna Giaritelli, 1934K] reports federal immigration authorities executed criminal arrest warrants at a Los Angeles business suspected of money laundering and customs fraud prior to downtown protests that turned fiery and stretched into the weekend, according to the Department of Homeland Security. White House "border czar" Tom Homan on Monday revealed that federal law enforcement activity in the fashion district of downtown Los Angeles late last week was part of a multiagency effort to serve three warrants at a local business believed to be involved in a slew of cross-border crimes. Following the operation, protesters quickly descended on downtown and surrounding regions and called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency that enforces immigration laws inside the United States, to be abolished. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that "rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets." "Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer," McLaughlin said. A number of those arrested while serving the warrant have been identified as illegal immigrants. Some of the illegal immigrants have been described as having serious criminal histories, including criminal histories that the DHS provided for the following 11 people, just a portion of the total arrests.

Los Angeles Times [6/9/2025 6:22 PM, Hailey Branson-Potts, 14672K] reports thousands of union members, immigrants’ rights activists and supporters gathered in Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon to demand the release of David Huerta, the California union president arrested and injured during Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids last week. Huerta, the 58-year-old president of SEIU California, was arrested Friday while documenting an immigration enforcement raid in the downtown Fashion District, according to union members who said he was exercising his 1st Amendment rights. Federal authorities said he deliberately blocked their vehicles, obstructing federal agents’ access to a worksite where they were executing a search warrant. Video of the arrest shows him being pushed by authorities in riot gear until he falls backward, appearing to strike his head on the curb. He was treated at a hospital and then transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center. Huerta was made his first appearance in federal court Monday afternoon on a charge of conspiracy to impede an officer. He was ordered released on a $50,000 appearance bond. As part of his conditions, he can’t knowingly be within 100 yards of federal agents or operations.

New York Times [6/9/2025 6:52 PM, Jill Cowan, 138952K] reports a Los Angeles labor leader who has become a national rallying cry after he was arrested and apparently injured during a protest over an immigration raid last week appeared on Monday in a federal court for a bail hearing on a charge of conspiring to impede an officer and was released on a $50,000 bond. The arrest of the official, David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, drew swift condemnation from Democratic elected officials, labor leaders and immigrant rights groups across the country. If he is convicted, he faces up to six years in federal prison. Mr. Huerta’s supporters have cited his First Amendment right to protest and described his violent encounter with immigration authorities as extraordinary and chilling. “Labor leaders, labor in every industry, the Trades, the Teamsters — even those who might be more inclined to be Republican — everybody is against it,” said Lorena Gonzalez, president of the powerful California Federation of Labor Unions. “We all know David Huerta. He’s been involved in the labor movement for a long time — a long time. And we know he’s not a criminal.” The U.S. attorney for Los Angeles, Bill Essayli, has maintained that Mr. Huerta is simply facing the consequences for what he portrays as an effort to interfere with the enforcement of federal immigration laws. “Let me be clear: I don’t care who you are — if you impede federal agents, you will be arrested and prosecuted,” Mr. Essayli said on X. In the midst of swirling reports of immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles on Friday, Mr. Huerta, 58, arrived at a business in a downtown warehouse district. Union leaders and advocates for immigrants have for years routinely protested together in Los Angeles. But on Friday, tensions soon flared between protesters and federal agents. In a criminal complaint, Ryan Ribner, a federal agent, said that he and other federal agents were executing an immigration search warrant at the business when a woman “started expressing her views against immigration enforcement” and taking video of the agents. Mr. Ribner said that he believed the woman was alerting others to the agents’ presence. Soon, other demonstrators showed up, including Mr. Huerta, and began chanting and making obscene gestures at the agents, according to the complaint. Mr. Huerta told others to sit down and “stop the vehicles,” according to an undercover officer in the crowd cited in the complaint.

AP [6/9/2025 6:46 PM, Amy Taxin and Jason Dearen, 24051K] reports that the arrest of a California labor leader has become a rallying cry for immigrant advocates across the country who called for his release and an end to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. David Huerta, the 58-year-old president of Service Employees International Union California, was arrested Friday while protesting outside a business where federal law enforcement agents were investigating suspected immigration violations, authorities said. He was released from federal custody Monday on a $50,000 bond after a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, union members and immigrant advocates led rallies in cities from Los Angeles to Chicago to New York to call for Huerta’s release. In Boston, hundreds of people gathered in City Hall Plaza, with protesters shouting "Free David, free them all." Huerta, a long-time labor leader born and raised in Los Angeles County, has become the face of the pushback against Trump’s effort to drive up immigration arrests. His case has also drawn attention to the longstanding ties between Democratic officials and the union that represents hundreds of thousands of janitors, security officers and other workers across California. After he was released, Huerta told reporters he did not intend to get arrested, and said the only way to win change is through nonviolence. Huerta was arrested while law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment papers, a special agent for Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wrote in a federal court filing.

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Blaze [6/9/2025 11:30 AM, Andrew Chapados, 1805K] reports a driverless car company has responded after several of its vehicles were allegedly called by rioters in Los Angeles for the sole purpose of destroying them. Waymo is an autonomous car service owned by Google parent company Alphabet and has over 1,500 vehicles on the streets. According to Yahoo, it is the only company currently operating driverless cars in the United States. On Sunday, as the streets of Los Angeles were flooded with radicals in opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entering the area to conduct deportation raids, multiple reporters posted videos of Waymo cars on fire, alleging rioters had called the cars just to set them ablaze. One video showed at least four Waymo cars in a row, with all of them vandalized and two of them set on fire. Another video showed a masked protester waving a Mexican flag in front of one of the vehicles, with the rear end of the car engulfed in flames. "They are calling Waymos just to burn them. ... We don’t have to live like this," one reporter wrote with an attached video of a man destroying one of the cars with a rock. As a result of the damage, Waymo was forced to respond to the chaos. "We will not be serving any rides in the protest area until it is deemed safe," a Waymo spokesperson told NBC News. Blaze News reached out to Waymo regarding the cost of the cars and asked if they had been contacted by law enforcement over who requested the vehicles. A Waymo spokesman simply stated that "a number of" their vehicles were "in the vicinity of active protests taking place in Downtown Los Angeles.". "We are in touch with law enforcement," the spokesman added, without answering the other queries. However, according to a New York Times report, the autonomous vehicles can cost upwards of $100,000 each, which would put the price tag of the riots around at least $400,000 for the company. The Los Angeles Police Department put out a warning over the destruction of the cars, too, advising that the area would be closed indefinitely due to "demonstrators igniting multiple autonomous vehicles on fire.". In response to the damage, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell asked local residents to trust his department but said his force could not stop ICE from conducting raids. "Federal authorities have the right to be able to do what they’re doing," McDonnell said per NBC News. "We don’t engage in that activity," he added.

The New York Times [6/9/2025 2:39 PM, Jenny Gross, 153395K] reports Waymo, the robot taxi company, cut off service to the downtown Los Angeles area after protesters set multiple self-driving vehicles on fire on Sunday, sending smoke into the air. The protests in other parts of the city against President Trump’s crackdown on immigration have been largely peaceful, but law enforcement officers have reported that demonstrations have become “worse and more violent” since they began on Friday. A Waymo spokeswoman said that the company had cut off service to the downtown Los Angeles area and had removed the burned vehicles from the streets. After protesters smashed windows and spray-painted anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement messages onto the taxis and set them alight, some protesters threw electric Lime scooters into the flames, the Los Angeles Times reported. “Burning lithium-ion batteries release toxic gases, including hydrogen fluoride, posing risks to responders and those nearby,” the Los Angeles Police Department said on social media, urging people to avoid the area. The New York Times [6/9/2025 6:13 PM, Eli Tan and Ryan Mac, 138952K] reports that the vehicles, which are electric Jaguar I-Paces and include dozens of cameras and sensors, cost around $100,000 each. “We’re aware of potential protests and will not be providing service in the areas protesters may be gathering out of abundance of caution,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. The robot taxis have become a way for some protesters to display resistance to the tech industry’s close ties to the Trump administration, said Elise Joshi, an activist in San Francisco who attended rallies on Monday. “Waymos don’t have human drivers, they’re devoid of humanity,” she said. Destroyed robot taxis are “symbolic of the attempts, throughout the history of this country, by the tech industry to strip us of community.” Waymo’s actions in San Francisco followed the burning of its self-driving cars in Los Angeles on Sunday, where hundreds of people have demonstrated in recent days against the Trump administration’s escalating immigration enforcement activity. Images of burned Waymos — including one protester with a Mexican flag posing for photos above the scorched cars — quickly spread online. Elon Musk and right-wing influencers then shared the image and others like it as emblems of the supposed dysfunction in Los Angeles. Waymo cut its service off in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday evening, in coordination with the Los Angeles Police Department, a company spokeswoman said. She said its vehicles were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and added that the company did not know if the damaged vehicles were hailed by protesters with the intention of being destroyed, or if they were just dropping off riders in the area.

FOX News [6/9/2025 11:07 AM, Audrey Conklin, 46878K] reports rioters smashed windows of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD’s) headquarters on West 1st Street and faced tear gas that officials deployed downtown as agitators clashed with authorities in the city. Rioters were seen targeting the LAPD headquarters on Sunday night as violent demonstrations spread through LA over the weekend in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. President Donald Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops to the area on Friday. "California politicians must call off their rioting mob," the Department of Homeland Security said in a Monday morning post on X, along with video footage from the riots. "Federal law enforcement are working to protect and safeguard American citizens from criminal illegal aliens. Why is California’s governor siding with foreign criminals?". The LAPD declared an "unlawful assembly" Sunday evening as protesters failed to disperse in the downtown area. "Agitators have splintered into and through out [sic] the Downtown Area," the LAPD’s Central Division wrote on X. "Residents, businesses and visitors to the Downtown Area should be alert and report any criminal activity. Officers are responding to several different locations to disperse crowds.". Other video footage from the weekend shows protesters spitting on the American flag and setting it on fire while chanting "F Trump," setting fire to vehicles and throwing objects and fireworks at police. The demonstrations have drawn different responses from local and national politicians, with Democrats supporting Americans’ right to protest and Republicans calling for law and order. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for example, said Trump had overstepped his boundaries when he deployed the National Guard to help with the anti-ICE riots, claiming "local law enforcement didn’t need help.". "Let’s get this straight: 1) Local law enforcement didn’t need help. 2) Trump sent troops anyway — to manufacture chaos and violence. 3) Trump succeeded. 4) Now things are destabilized, and we need to send in more law enforcement just to clean up Trump’s mess," Newsom wrote in a separate post on X. Newsom arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday evening to oversee the response to the anti-ICE riots and meet with state emergency officials.

CBS Austin [6/9/2025 10:36 AM, Kristine Frazao, 558K] reports that the National Guard has been deployed to the streets of Los Angeles following directives for 30 days of ICE enforcement actions in California, sparking intense protests. Demonstrators clashed with police and federal agents, with scenes of chaos as city buses and police cars surrounded a vehicle set ablaze. A Customs and Border Protection car was pelted with rocks. You can protest all you want. You got your First Amendment rights. But if you cross that line of impeachment where you’re putting hands on officers or destroy property, you will be prosecuted. There’s zero tolerance," said Tom Homan, White House Border Czar. The protests are in response to recent enforcement efforts by the Trump administration, which have led to the arrest of undocumented immigrants. The actions are expected to continue for 30 days across California, with protesters chanting "ICE out of LA.". Tensions have also risen between President Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who insisted that the situation is under control and warned that the deployment of the National Guard would only escalate tensions. We haven’t asked for the help. We don’t need the help. This is him escalating it, causing tensions to rise. It’s only gonna make things worse," said Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-Calif. Supporters of President Trump, however, defended the decision.

New York Times [6/9/2025 9:39 AM, Matt Stevens, 138952K] reports Los Angeles law enforcement agencies have responded to demonstrations over federal immigration raids this weekend, but they have also tried to make clear that they themselves were not carrying out immigration sweeps. That has required a careful balance. And local law enforcement officials such as the Los Angeles County sheriff, Robert Luna, know that many of the residents they serve, as well as their own colleagues, have family histories like those of the people being targeted by President Trump’s immigration raids Sheriff Luna grew up in an unincorporated part of East Los Angeles that was patrolled by the department he is now in charge of. And so for him, the whole situation “does hit home.” “I come from an immigrant family,” Sheriff Luna said in a telephone interview on Sunday. “I have a lot of family members who migrated here. Some of them legally, some of them illegally.” He said that he firmly believed that undocumented immigrants who commit serious or violent crimes should be put through the criminal justice system and be deported if eligible. But, he added: “The majority of our immigrants do not fit that category. They are our cooks, our gardeners, our nannies, our hotel workers. That’s what my mom and dad did.” The standoffs over the immigration raids have created difficult optics for local law enforcement agencies whose officers and deputies have clashed with protesters and have at times deployed flash-bang grenades, projectiles and other crowd-control measures. In Paramount, a city about 16 miles south of downtown Los Angeles with a large Latino population, demonstrators on Saturday hurled objects at federal and local law enforcement officers. Sheriff Luna said Sunday that his deputies had “tried everything to de-escalate the situation” and at one point declared an unlawful assembly. But after some in the crowd attacked deputies with broken cinder blocks, rocks, bottles and pepper spray, “we unfortunately had to respond,” he said, adding that several people were arrested in connection with the attacks. “We do not engage in civil immigration enforcement,” Sheriff Luna said. But he acknowledged that the line may seem to be “getting fuzzy” for some Angelenos because the deputies have clashed with protesters while “our federal partners are out running their operations.” “When they call us for help,” he said of federal law enforcement officers, “just like anybody who would call us for help when they’re being attacked, we respond.” He added: “You may disagree with what’s happening and you absolutely have a right to protest peacefully. But the minute you commit an act of violence or you start destroying property, that’s where we and local law enforcement will get involved.” Federal law enforcement has “made it clear that they’re going to continue these immigration enforcement investigations,” the sheriff said. And as the weekend has worn on, Sheriff Luna said, “the level of violence from some protesters is becoming more extreme.” Jim McDonnell, the chief of police, has also sought to make clear that his agency was not involved in civil immigration enforcement. “I ask people in the community to trust the L.A.P.D. that we’re not there for that purpose,” he said. The chief has said that his department has a decades-old policy barring officers from stopping residents only to determine their immigration status. Chief McDonnell said that “the people who are out there doing the violence” are not the same people “legitimately out there exercising their first-amendment rights.”

CNN [6/9/2025 7:34 PM, Josh Campbell, 875K] reports a relative state of calm in Los Angeles began to crumble early Sunday afternoon as demonstrators confronted federal authorities guarding a downtown detention facility where chaos erupted as National Guard soldiers deployed tear gas on an increasingly agitated crowd. An already tense situation began to escalate as a line of troops sent in by President Donald Trump the previous night – against the will of state officials –started forming what’s called a "skirmish line" around 1 p.m. The troops used riot shields to push the crowd back to make way for a convoy of approaching law enforcement vehicles. The soldiers were heavily armed, carrying standard-use M4 military rifles affixed with magazines, suggesting they were loaded with ammunition. Such weaponry in the hands of military personnel on the streets of an American city is rare, as is the use of the armed forces to conduct crowd control. In an apparent response to a member of the crowd lobbing an object at authorities, the National Guard and US Homeland Security agents fired less lethal projectiles and deployed tear gas on the group. A large number of Los Angeles Police Department officers in riot gear arrived as the crowd continued to build and began dispersing people, moving them away from the federal jail. Unlike much of the US military, LAPD officers receive extensive training in crowd control techniques – tactics officers were called upon to use during social unrest in the city following George Floyd’s death in 2020. The effort, however, became a new flashpoint as certain hostile demonstrators threw bottles and other items at officers, who responded by swinging their batons and striking some members of the crowd. The protests had begun Friday night in response to federal immigration raids in the Los Angeles area, which come amid Trump’s larger crackdown involving raids and deportations across the country. The LAPD announced dispersal orders and issued a citywide "tactical alert," putting the entire police department on standby for possible deployment. During a tactical alert, officers currently on duty must remain on shift until relieved by their commanders, and certain calls for service from the public may not be addressed until the alert is lifted.

Washington Post [6/9/2025 7:07 PM, Scott Nover and Jeremy Barr, 32099K] reports Sergio Olmos has covered hundreds of days of protests in his career as a journalist. He estimates he’s been hit dozens of times by what are known as less-lethal rounds — a broad category that includes rubber bullets, plastic bullets and pepper balls. Still, he says he’s never seen police so trigger-happy with these munitions. "It was the most amount of less-lethals I’ve seen used in a single day protest," he told Washington Post, regarding law-enforcement responses to Sunday’s protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids in the area. So, it wasn’t a surprise when a Los Angeles Police Department officer shot what he believes to be a 40mm sponge grenade into his torso. "I got hit in the chest and it’s a moment of, ‘What the f---?’" he said in an interview Monday. "And then I was like, ‘Oh, f---, that hurt.’" He put his camera down momentarily, to check that he was okay. Olmos, 35, an investigative reporter for the nonprofit news organization CalMatters, was in the protest crowd shooting video on his iPhone. He was at the intersection of East Temple and North Alameda streets, just blocks from a complex of federal buildings, when police shot into the crowd and hit him. In a video posted on X and provided to The Post, an LAPD officer appears to raise his firearm and point it at the crowd. When Olmos is hit, he drops his phone momentarily. Olmos said police were routinely firing into crowds as a method of moving them back. The LAPD did not respond to a request for comment about the incident. Olmos isn’t alone. Estimates vary on how many journalists have been injured by police projectiles since the protests began — the Committee to Protect Journalists put the number at "more than 20," while another press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, estimated at least 27. Social media platforms have become inundated with first-hand accounts of graphic injuries from less-lethal munitions. In addition to local police from the LAPD, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and California Highway Patrol, there’s also a federal presence. On Sunday, President Donald Trump deployed the California National Guard to quash protests he called "violent, instigated riots." California has since sued the Trump administration, calling the deployment "an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.". A New York Times reporter was also hit Sunday with a rubber bullet, the newspaper reported: "The reporter was treated at a hospital but not seriously injured." (The Times did not provide additional comment on the incident, when asked.). Ryanne Mena, who covers crime and public safety for the Southern California News Group, said she was hit in the left thigh by a pepper ball bullet Friday and hit by a rubber bullet just above her right ear Saturday — both times, she said, by agents from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations unit. She likened her injury Friday to being "punched really hard in the leg." On Saturday, "that one felt like someone threw a baseball at my head," she said. Mena, 29, said she has spoken with about a dozen other journalists who have sustained injuries from less-lethal projectiles. Press advocates say that attacks on journalists — even if inadvertent — chill their First Amendment freedoms and inhibit citizens from learning about the news of the day and the actions of the government.

AP [6/9/2025 7:43 AM, Keiran Smith, 56000K] reports an Australian television journalist was hit in the leg by a nonlethal round Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city. Video of the incident released by 9News shows correspondent Lauren Tomasi, microphone in hand, reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raises their firearm and fires a nonlethal round at close range. Tomasi, who doesn’t appear to be wearing personal protective equipment, cries out in pain and clutches her lower leg as she and her cameraman quickly move away from the police line. Speaking later Monday to 9News, Tomasi confirmed she was safe and unharmed. “I’m okay, my cameraman Jimmy and I are both safe. This is just one of the unfortunate realities of reporting on these kinds of incidents,” she said.

The Hill [6/9/2025 8:56 AM, Sarah Fortinsky, 18649K] reports Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) slammed President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in the city as a "chaotic escalation" amid rising tensions between law enforcement officers and protesters pushing back against federal immigration enforcement tactics. "What we’re seeing in our city is chaos provoked by the Trump Administration," Bass said in a message to Los Angeles residents late Sunday. "When you raid Home Depots and workplaces, when you tear parents and children apart, and when you run armored caravans through our streets, you cause fear and panic," she added. "And deployment of federalized troops on the heels of raids is a chaotic escalation." The former congresswoman, who was elected mayor of Los Angeles in late 2022, urged demonstrators to exercise their right to protest in a peaceful manner. "Angelenos have the right to make their voices heard through peaceful protest but don’t fall into the Administration’s trap," Bass said in her emailed message to residents. "Violence is unacceptable," she said. "No one should be put in danger — not law enforcement, not protestors. I urge everyone to be peaceful." "The fear people are feeling in our city right now is very real – it’s felt in our communities and within our families. It is clear that the Administration is pushing an agenda — there is clearly no plan other than chaos," she added. "We will rise above it." The New York Times [6/9/2025 12:26 PM, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, 138952K] reports that in a televised interview, Ms. Bass sought to downplay the protests of the last few days. “This is not citywide civil unrest,” she said on CNN. “A few streets downtown, it looks horrible.” She noted that most Angelenos have been living life as normal, away from the clashes focused in a relatively small area outside a federal office building and detention center downtown. She promised that protesters who destroyed cars and threw things at police officers would be prosecuted, and said that the police were combing through video images of the clashes to identify people who had committed crimes. Ms. Bass said that it was President Trump and his federal immigration authorities who had provoked the unrest by sending federal agents in tactical gear to workplaces in the city to detain and deport immigrants. “Why were there raids?” she asked. “We had been told that he was going to go after violent criminals. It wasn’t a drug den; it was a Home Depot.” Ms. Bass was referring to one of several immigration raids conducted on Friday that prompted days of protest, including at a Home Depot in the nearby city of Paramount, Calif., where day laborers regularly gather in search of work. She said it appeared that the Trump administration was deliberately trying to sow chaos in the city, and then generating more backlash by sending in National Guard troops.

New York Post [6/9/2025 3:54 PM, Ryan King, 49956K] reports LA Mayor Karen Bass on Monday blamed the riots ripping apart her city on ICE agents trying to uphold the law. Bass added that while Los Angeles is "peaceful now," the city could quickly devolve into further chaos if the federal immigration raids — which have netted convicted violent criminals — continue. Starting Friday, demonstrations popped up in the Los Angeles area against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement after by a raid on a Home Depot in Paramount. By Saturday, some of the protests had devolved into violent clashes with federal authorities in Compton and Paramount. Trump promptly did what local and state officials failed to do, calling in 2,000 members of the California National Guard to contain the violence. Rioters had been hurling rocks and getting violent with federal authorities at the time. Federal immigration officials are expected to continue to carry out intense enforcement operations over the next 30 days or so, said Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.) on Sunday, citing what she had been told.

New York Post [6/9/2025 10:43 PM, Victor Nava, 49956K] reports Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is a “train wreck” who has turned the City of Angels into a “city of criminals,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared Monday. Noem, defending federal law enforcement efforts to arrest “the worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants, accused Bass and California’s lefty Gov. Gavin Newsom of doing “absolutely nothing” to protect citizens from criminal migrants in Los Angeles. “Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing, Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing,” the DHS secretary told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “She is a train wreck of a mayor,” Noem said of Bass, accusing the LA mayor of “endorsing” criminal activities and allowing LA “to be completely devastated with crime.” “Now she’s holding press conferences talking about the fact that people have the right to peacefully protest and that they’re a city of immigrants, well, they’re not a city of immigrants – they are a city of criminals, because she has protected them for so many years. “ [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NPR [6/9/2025 7:35 AM, A Martinez, 37958K] reports that California Democrats are pushing back against the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and National Guard troops in their communities, calling the federal actions politically motivated and unnecessarily inflammatory. President Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles County despite opposition from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who accused the president of manufacturing a crisis to justify more crackdowns and federal control of policing activities. Newsom also urged residents to remain peaceful. The decision from a military and legal perspective was seen as an abuse of power and unprecedented, according to experts. NPR invited Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, for an interview. They did not respond. We also reached out to Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin. She was not available on June 9, but we will hear from her on Morning Edition later this week. Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, who represents parts of Los Angeles, says her constituents are living in fear and that the presence of immigration enforcement is heightening tensions rather than keeping people safe. In an interview with Morning Edition, Barragán told NPR’s A Martinez about the protests, the federal response and why she believes President Trump is using immigration as a political distraction. [Editorial note: consult extended commentary at source link]

NewsMax [6/9/2025 10:42 PM, Michael Katz, 4622K] reports Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told Newsmax on Monday that the Trump administration is inflaming the situation in Los Angeles by showing a one-sided view of the demonstrations against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and by calling in the National Guard and Marines. "The administration is trying to create a violent situation, and to show pictures of only the people who are committing violence and not of the vast, vast, vast majority of people who are there peacefully protesting," Jayapal told Newsmax congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt during a protest on Monday outside the Department of Justice in Washington. Jayapal, a liberal Democrat, was joined at the rally by hundreds of people, including teachers union leaders, who were protesting the arrest Friday of David Huerta, president of the California chapter of the Service Employees International Union, in connection with demonstrating in downtown Los Angeles against the ICE raids. Huerta was reportedly released Monday on $50,000 bail. The Trump administration has defended its nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration, saying it is enforcing U.S. law by deporting people in the country illegally, as well as taking public safety threats — illegal aliens with criminal records and gang affiliations — off the streets. Jayapal blamed the outbreak of violence in Los Angeles to "agitators from outside," without offering specifics, and said she is an advocate for nonviolent protests.

NPR [6/9/2025 7:35 AM, A Martínez, 37958K] Audio HERE reports NPR speaks with Democratic Rep. Nanette Barragán of California, whose district includes the community of Paramount just south of Los Angeles, where protests against immigration enforcement flared up this weekend. [Editorial note: consult audio at source link]

FOX News [6/9/2025 11:04 AM, Charles Creitz, 46878K] reports Rep. Maxine Waters had a federal building door slammed in her face during the L.A. migrant riots – and was caught on video taunting armed agents, asking if they planned to shoot her. Video shows Waters hurrying past graffiti-covered walls of a government building and up the steps to a plywood-shielded doorway where a small crowd had gathered. "Hello, hello, hello," Waters, D-Calif., called out as she saw the California National Guard approaching the door, to enter. "I just came to use my congressional authority to check on David Huerta," she said, referring to the SEIU union leader who was arrested during the weekend’s protests. The last agent to enter turned to her and said, "Ma’am, our lobby is secure right now to all visitors.". But that did not deter the 86-year-old 18-term Democrat. "Excuse me, I need to get in," she said, as the agent told her to "contact our public affairs office," as he closed the door in her face. "I just want to see David Huerta!" she called out. Asked by nearby onlookers about the situation, Waters said she said Huerta was "targeted" but did not know why. "I don’t know whether they are going to deport him? I want to report back to my caucus what is happening," she said. In a statement on the incident, Waters said she went to the Metropolitan Detention Center to visit Huerta – whom the SEIU said was "caught" in one of a series of ICE raids in Los Angeles County the union described as "a violent sweep.". Waters also alluded to another viral clip she produced, which showed her taunting armed agents standing in formation in another part of the city. "I pled [sic] with the National Guard, which was heavily armed, not to use their weapons against peaceful demonstrators who were simply exercising their rights to freedom of speech and protest," Waters said in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter. "All people deserve to be treated with dignity and due process under the law: Peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations are critical to protecting our constitutional rights.". "The President of the United States is a cruel, dishonorable human being," she said, adding that he and others would "just as soon" like to see agents "shoot somebody down.". "But I don’t want that to happen. I want the elected officials to do everything that we can to dissuade them," Waters later told reporters.

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Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 6:33 AM, Staff, 1934K] reports riots have plagued Los Angeles, California, for the last three days as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement works to remove illegal immigrants in the area. A Democratic congresswoman was none too happy about such efforts and had an explicit message for employees of the federal agency. Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) took to social media on Friday night and blamed ICE agents for the riots occurring in Los Angeles. "ICE get the f*** out of LA so that order can be restored," Torres said in a video posted from her TikTok account. It was also uploaded to the congresswoman’s personal X account. It appears as if it were filmed on a plane during a flight. Torres’s comments aligned with the sentiments of many Democrats, especially in California, who have commented on the riots. None of them appear to blame the people rioting, causing crime, assaulting law enforcement officials, or engaging in vandalism and destruction. Instead, they have shifted blame to President Donald Trump, his administration, and ICE employees carrying out orders to arrest illegal immigrants. It wasn’t the first time Torres made critical comments about ICE, the Trump administration, or the proper enforcement of illegal immigration services. On Saturday, she accused President Trump of "seizing" control of California’s National Guard and "forcing" them into the streets.

Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 12:03 PM, Ally Goelz, 1934K] reports congressional Republicans took to social media to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop the Los Angeles riots. Protests erupted on Friday in response to a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting illegal immigrants. The demonstrations quickly escalated into riots as demonstrators attacked police officers and looted businesses. On Saturday night, Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) condemned the move, calling the Trump administration’s order "unlawful.". Many Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, publicly criticized Trump’s decision. However, Republicans expressed strong support online. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Saturday in a post on X that "if @GavinNewsom was doing his job our ICE agents would not be injured and attacked while doing their jobs and carrying out immigration enforcement.". "Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump, we will put the safety of American citizens FIRST, not these criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary city politicians are defending," she added. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) echoed Noem’s sentiment, saying Newsom is "inexplicably standing with criminals who attack our brave @ICEgov agents as they tirelessly try and fix the failures of the Biden Administration.".

Blaze [6/9/2025 8:05 PM, Cooper Williamson, 1805K] reports that, as Democrats continue to stand on the sidelines while one of their most beloved cities burns at the hands of anti-ICE activists, President Trump has been taking action. Instead of supporting the president’s decisive actions, those same Democrats questioned his motives and even blamed him for the situation. Video evidence began to emerge showing just how violent the "protests" were becoming, but the president’s critics would not budge. Their rhetoric continues to rise as fast as the on-the-ground tensions. The war of words began on Saturday as President Trump issued a memorandum permitting 2,000 National Guard troops to reinforce the ICE operations for up to 60 days. The memorandum invoked the presidential powers of 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.” Trump repeatedly criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, on his Truth Social account over the weekend. "If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!" he wrote. ‘Gavin Newsom has shown an inability or an unwillingness to do what is necessary there, so the president stepped in. That’s real leadership, and he has the authority and the responsibility to do it.’. On Sunday night, Trump issued more directives from his Truth Social account, specifically calling for the arrest of those protesters wearing face masks. "Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!" the president posted Sunday night. "ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!" he said in another. Governor Newsom announced that he would be suing the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard. In his formal statement, he called Trump’s orders "a serious breach of state sovereignty that seems intentionally designed to inflame the situation.” Newsom likewise called out Trump on Sunday night with a post on X. He said that Trump was "inciting and provoking violence," "creating mass chaos," "militarizing cities," and "arresting opponents." His post included a clip of Trump saying, "If officials stand in the way of law and order, yeah, they will face charges.” "These are the acts of a dictator, not a President," Newsom added.

Breitbart [6/9/2025 4:58 PM, John Binder, 3077K] reports United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli says no amount of opposition from elected Democrats or rioting from open borders activists will stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting illegal aliens in the sanctuary state. As riots continue across California in response to ICE agents enforcing federal immigration law, Essayli told Fox News’s Bill Melugin that the Trump administration and Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be deterred in any way. Essayli also gave a bit of insight into whether his office is investigating rioters who have looted stores, assaulted officers, and set fires to vehicles, among other things.

CBS Los Angeles [6/9/2025 5:03 PM, Austin Turner and Kara Finnstrom, 51860K] Video: HERE reports community leaders and the families of immigrants detained by federal law enforcement at a Los Angeles warehouse last week spoke out on Monday, calling on California leaders to step up their efforts to protect local migrants. The news conference was held outside of an Ambiance Apparel warehouse in South L.A. On Friday, SKYCal footage showed federal agents detaining people outside of the warehouse, as well as at an Ambiance storefront in the Fashion District on Towne Avenue. Outside of that warehouse on Monday, families affected by the operations gathered with signs showing pictures of their loved ones, offering their support. The family members of those detained say agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took dozens of workers away from the facilities. "Our loved ones were kidnapped on Friday, June 6, by ICE, with the support of the Los Angeles Police Department," said Perla Rios, an Indigenous community leader in L.A., through a translator. "These workers are heads of households, where they have left their families and loved ones to fend for themselves.". LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has repeatedly refuted claims that the department aided ICE in conducting immigration enforcement. "While the LAPD will continue to have a visible presence in all our communities to ensure public safety, we will not assist or participate in any sort of mass deportations, nor will the LAPD try to determine an individual’s immigration status," McDonnell said on Friday.

New York Post [6/9/2025 11:27 AM, Jennie Taer, 49956K] reports a protester walking around on stilts was knocked down by cops after they struck his wooden legs while they tried to quell unrest at an anti-ICE riot in Los Angeles over the weekend. Dramatic video shows the protester waving a Guatemala flag while approaching cops. The officers quickly brought him to the ground and dragged him toward the crowd of protesters taking to the streets of downtown LA. Over the weekend, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest President Trump’s mass deportation effort. Rioters vandalized driverless Waymo taxis — graffitiing them, shattering their windows and setting at least five on fire. A shirtless vandal was seen standing atop one of the vandalized Waymos waving a Mexican flag surrounded by flames and smoke, according to photos from the scene. Trump ordered 2,000 California National Guard troops to respond to the violent protests Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets outside ICE offices. "A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals," Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday. "Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve.". One group of protesters hurled fireworks at officers, while another looted businesses near 6th and Broadway, according to police.

Reuters [6/9/2025 11:36 AM, Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Raul Cortes, 51390K] reports Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday condemned violent acts committed during the massive protests that have broken out in Los Angeles against immigration raids. Sheinbaum, speaking at her morning press conference, also called on U.S. authorities to respect the rule of law in migration processes. "It must be clear: We condemn violence wherever it comes from," Sheinbaum said. Protests spread in Los Angeles during the weekend over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement as groups of protesters, many carrying Mexican flags and signs denouncing U.S. immigration authorities, gathered in spots around the city. "We call on the Mexican community to act peacefully and not fall for provocations," Sheinbaum said. She did not specifically call for an end to the protests. At least 42 Mexicans are being held in four detention centers after recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, and four were deported, Mexico Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente said, speaking alongside Sheinbaum. "We will continue our visits to monitor the Mexicans in detention centers in Los Angeles," De la Fuente said. He added the vast majority of Mexicans detained were working when they were arrested. NewsMax [6/9/2025 6:31 PM, Nick Koutsobinas, 4622K] reports that in her prepared statement, Sheinbaum also stated that her government has an "unwavering commitment to the protection and defense of the human rights of Mexicans, regardless of their immigration status" and that the United States should commit to due process for illegal alien migrants. "In this sense," she added, "we make a respectful but firm call to United States authorities for all immigration procedures to be carried out with adherence to due process, within a framework of respect for human dignity and the rule of law." Nonetheless, Sheinbaum pledged that her government would utilize "all diplomatic and legal channels available" to communicate to the Trump administration their opposition to "practices that criminalize immigration and put at risk the safety and well-being of our communities in the United States."

AP [6/9/2025 2:21 PM, Staff, 56000K] reports that Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking at her daily news briefing, read aloud a statement from the Mexican government about the events in Los Angeles condemning violence and calling for due process. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

NewsMax [6/9/2025 7:40 PM, Jim Thomas, 4622K] reports Mexico is providing legal support to 42 of its citizens arrested after recent U.S. immigration raids in Los Angeles, as tensions rise over immigration enforcement and protests involving Mexican nationals, Breitbart reported. Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has pledged legal and diplomatic assistance to Mexican nationals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during workplace raids in Los Angeles. According to officials, the Mexican government, through its network of 49 consulates across the United States, is extending legal aid to the detainees, most of whom were working at the time of their arrest. "Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente said at least 42 Mexicans were being held after the controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles," according to the German media outlet Deutsche Welle. "He added that the vast majority of Mexicans detained were working when they were arrested.". The foreign minister confirmed that the Mexican consular network assisted 37 men and five women detained in California. Four of them have already been deported, either due to removal orders or voluntary deportation. Sheinbaum addressed the situation on Monday, defending the detainees while urging calm among the Mexican community in the U.S. "We cannot intervene in the politics of the United States," she said, making a "respectful but firm call" to U.S. authorities to respect the rule of law and the human rights of detainees. She also denounced violence during protests. "Burning patrol cars seems more an act of provocation than of resistance," she said, New York Times reported. The Mexican government has also published contact information for U.S.-based consulates, encouraging affected nationals to seek legal assistance. In states such as Washington, Mexican citizens are being directed to Seattle or Portland, Oregon, consulates. An estimated 4 million Mexican nationals live in the United States illegally. Mexico’s efforts to support them while discouraging violence reflect the delicate balance Sheinbaum seeks as the crisis escalates.

Univision [6/9/2025 3:39 PM, Staff, 4992K] reports the Mexican government confirmed the arrest of 42 Mexican citizens during two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on June 6 in Los Angeles. The information was released during a press conference this morning by Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente, who detailed that the detainees include 37 men and five women. According to the chancellor, four of these individuals have already been deported: two of them had outstanding removal orders, while the other two opted to voluntarily leave for Mexico. The remaining detainees remain in custody in four different detention centers in the United States, where they are already receiving consular assistance. De la Fuente reported that the Mexican consul in Los Angeles personally visited these centers to identify the Mexicans, interview them, and gather contact information for their families.

Univision [6/9/2025 3:31 PM, Staff, 4992K] reports during the recent protests in Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, the Mexican flag has been raised as a sort of informal emblem of protesters’ discontent with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. And that flag and others seen at the protests have also been used by Trump administration officials to push a narrative that the protesters are alleged "insurrectionists" and that the United States is experiencing a supposed "invasion." But according to multiple reports, many of the protesters are American citizens, for whom the Mexican flag symbolizes their solidarity with immigrants as well as a symbol of pride in their roots.

FOX News [6/9/2025 8:01 AM, Anders Hagstrom, 46878K] reports Protesters in Los Angeles were filmed burning and spitting on American flags as they chanted anti-Trump slogans over the weekend. Footage from the incident shows a circle of dozens of people, many wearing masks, surrounding an American flag burning on the ground. Several of the individuals then spit on the flag or sprayed flammable liquid to continue the blaze before a second flag was added to the fire. A number of the protesters held high the flags of South American countries like Mexico as the U.S. flag burned on the ground. They also chanted "F-Trump." The footage from this weekend’s riots also shows officers with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department moving in to disperse the crowds, shooting flash bangs as they went. The Los Angeles Police Department declared an "unlawful assembly" Sunday night as protesters failed to disperse in the downtown area. President Donald Trump sent in the National Guard this weekend after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly attacked on the streets of L.A. as they conducted raids to catch and deport illegal immigrants. Seeing that neither California Gov. Gavin Newsom nor L.A. Mayor Karen Bass were moving aggressively enough to stop the attacks, Trump signed a presidential memorandum to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester," the White House said in a statement. Newsom objected immediately even as the riots spiraled. The New York Post [6/9/2025 7:14 PM, Jared Downing, Jennie Taer and Chris Nesi, 49956K] reports rioters called for the destruction of the US and spat on a flaming American flag while chanting "burn it down" in a sickening caught-on-video display — as the violent protests entered their fourth day in the City of Angels. Images of the disturbing scene emerged Monday, along with footage of thugs looting businesses and raining bricks, scooters and other deadly missiles onto cops from a highway overpass. And many Angelinos are fed up with the anti-American madness. "What’s the point of protesting right now? It’s just harming the community more than it’s helping," said Eddie Velazquez, who owns a kitchen knife shop near the looted stores. The protests began Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement executed a series of raids around the city, rounding up more than 100 illegal immigrants. Hundreds took to the streets in opposition, waving anti-ICE signs and Mexican flags while facing off against cops and federal immigration officers. But the demonstrations soon descended into anarchy in downtown LA and the nearby cities of Compton and Paramount on Saturday and Sunday night — as rioters burned cars, vandalized public buildings and property and even looted local businesses, much of the destruction captured on video. An ICE source told The Post the protesters — whether they know it or not — are advocating "for the actual criminals … sex offenders and the terrorists" the agency is targeting in its raids, exhibiting a gross misunderstanding of who is guilty or innocent. "You have criminals, gang members, terrorists, child molesters, sex offenders that are being arrested, but since people don’t know the background of the case or what’s going on, everybody’s innocent," the source described.

CBS San Francisco [6/9/2025 3:06 PM, Carlos E. Castañeda, 51860K] reports that more than 150 were arrested at immigration enforcement protests in San Francisco’s Financial District Sunday evening, with police officers injured and significant property damage left behind, authorities said. The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement that officers were monitoring a protest by several hundred people outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in the area of Sansome and Washington streets at about 7 p.m. The protesters carried signs and chanted slogans against ongoing immigration enforcement and the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, when some people in the group became violent, police said. "Individuals in the group became violent and began to commit crimes ranging from assault to felony vandalism and causing property damage," the statement said. "SFPD declared an unlawful assembly. While many left the scene, several individuals remained and continued engaging in illegal activity. " Police said two officers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, one of whom was taken to a hospital. The group of people that remained after the protest was broken up headed toward Market and Kearny streets. Some in the group vandalized buildings and a police car, while others splintered off and continued to vandalize property, police said. [Editorial note: consult video at source link] Axios [6/9/2025 7:50 PM, Nadia Lopez, 13599K] reports San Francisco officials are ramping up safety protocols a day after violence erupted outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in downtown. About 400 people rallied Sunday evening in solidarity with protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids and the arrest of labor leader David Huerta. A riot broke out as demonstrators vandalized an ICE office and several Muni buses, broke store windows, threw objects at federal law enforcement vehicles and set Waymo cars ablaze. The violence prompted tear gas and physical confrontations with police that led to roughly 150 arrests, including six juveniles, and one felony assault charge, according to acting Police Chief Paul Yep.

CBS Boston [6/9/2025 6:09 PM, Louisa Moller, 51860K] Video: HERE reports hundreds of people gathered in Boston’s City Hall Plaza to call for an end to ICE raids in Massachusetts and the release of California labor leader, David Huerta. "Trump and his ICE regime have been tearing families apart and wreaking havoc across the country including our own neighborhoods," Dave Foley, the president of SEIU Local 509 told the crowd. Huerta was arrested while protesting ICE operations in Los Angeles last week. Huerta was released from custody on $50,000 bond on Monday. The arrest of Huerta and more than 40 other protesters sparked tension and unrest in the area. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in response. In Boston, those who attended the rally reacted with emotion to the scenes from LA and ICE operations locally. "A lot of workers that we’re calling immigrants are employees at a lot of these major businesses and they’re being snatched up off the jobs," said Adam McIntosh. "They are not bad people. They work hard, they have a family, they have a dream," one woman told WBZ. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu voiced her support for the rally and said protesters should not be fearful of President Trump deploying the National Guard in Boston. "It’s important not to get bullied out of saying what we see with our own eyes," Wu said. "Secret police do not make communities safer.".

FOX News [6/9/2025 8:05 PM, Greg Wehner, 46878K] reports police in New York City arrested 24 anti-ICE protesters on Monday afternoon after they refused to leave Trump Tower in Manhattan during a demonstration inside. The demonstrators chanted "Bring Them Back," while they occupied the lobby of the building. They also read the names of the illegal immigrants who were deported to the CECOT maximum security prison in El Salvador. Video shot by Fox News showed dozens of NYPD officers entering Trump Tower armed with plastic ties hanging from their belts. In another video, protesters sitting in a circle were warned to leave the building or face arrest. Once the officers approached the protesters, they were told they were subject to arrest. Police then used plastic ties to detain two dozen protesters from the lobby of the building. The protesters were restrained and then escorted outside and placed into police vans. It was not immediately clear what–if any–charges the protesters will face. On Monday, there appeared to be two sets of protesters in The Big Apple. One group attempted to block traffic while the other gathered outside the courts in Lower Manhattan and chanted, "No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA.” Anti-ICE protests began to spread across the country on Monday in response to an eruption of violent protests across Los Angeles, which has now entered its fourth day. The protests in Los Angeles took off on Friday after ICE agents conducted operations across the city, resulting in about 45 people being arrested across several locations, including two Home Depot stores, a store in the fashion district and a doughnut shop. Among those arrested was 49-year-old Cuong Chanh Phan, an illegal alien from Vietnam with a criminal history that includes a conviction for second-degree murder. Phan was convicted of shooting up a high school graduation party after a dispute, killing an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old. Seven others were injured in the incident, according to DHS. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin questioned in a statement on Sunday why California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic officials "care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens.” The comment came as Democratic lawmakers denounced President Trump’s order to have the National Guard respond to the protests, which had turned violent. Images and videos of the protests on Sunday showed protesters blowing up vehicles, throwing rocks at law enforcement officials and taking over a highway.

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Telemundo47 [6/9/2025 1:29 PM, Romney Smith and Jennifer Millman, 145K] reports more protests are expected in New York City on Monday, along with demonstrations across the country, against arrests made by the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This as tensions rise in Los Angeles and the president’s new travel ban comes into effect. President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard soldiers in downtown Los Angeles, which became the highlight of the weekend’s protests across the country. Thousands of people protested in the streets, closing major roads and using tear gas and other police measures to try to contain the crowd. The National Guard was deployed specifically to protect federal buildings, including the detention center in the center where protesters were concentrated. In Lower Manhattan, a much smaller contingent of protesters were involved in a standoff with police around Federal Plaza on Saturday, seeking to stop the continuing immigration raids. At least nine protesters were arrested. More demonstrations are expected in the city on Monday, including in Foley Square. "[The protesters] are here today because they are our neighbors," a protester told our sister network NBC New York on Saturday. "It’s a dead end: these people comply with the law, attend their hearings, their medical check-ups." In a statement on social media, the Department of Homeland Security referred to Saturday’s protesters as "disturbing."

New York Times [6/9/2025 7:46 PM, Ed Shanahan, 138952K] reports Mayor Eric Adams warned on Monday that the New York City police would not tolerate the kind of clashes that have erupted at immigration protests in Los Angeles in recent days. Mr. Adams, whose brief remarks on a video broadcast were echoed by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, sought to reassure New Yorkers that he would protect their right to protest peacefully. He acknowledged the “deep divides in our society” and said he understood that “some New Yorkers may be angry, afraid and ready to express that.” Nonetheless, he said, “we will not allow violence and lawlessness. The escalation of protests in Los Angeles over the last couple of days is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our city.” Commissioner Tisch, in her remarks, said she had been in contact with federal law enforcement officials throughout the weekend. In an oblique reference to President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to quell the California protests, she said she had emphasized that the New York Police Department could handle such matters without outside assistance. “Any attacks against law enforcement will be met by a swift and decisive response by the N.Y.P.D.,” Commissioner Tisch said. “We are responsible for maintaining order and public safety in this city, and we will never abdicate that responsibility.” The commissioner said plans were in place to address any escalation of protests. Demonstrations were planned for Monday night and Tuesday outside the federal building in Lower Manhattan where the immigration authorities have made arrests this month.

USA Today [6/9/2025 1:24 PM, Eduardo Cuevas, 75552K] reports happy hour patrons blocked unmarked vehicles on a San Diego street. Crowds massed outside New York immigration court. Students walked out of a Massachusetts high school. Labor organizers and others gathered outside worksite raids in Los Angeles. As President Donald Trump delivers on his promise to deport millions of immigrants, the administration’s tough, new tactics are increasingly being met with community resistance. The Department of Homeland Security has defended its workplace raids and individual arrests as necessary to get the job done. DHS leaders blame Democratic politicians and protesters for what described ‒ before the recent issues in Los Angeles ‒ as a more than 400% increase in assaults on agents. Immigrant advocates say the government’s more aggressive tactics have gone too far and when agencies operate "in a rogue fashion," protesters will come out in force. That boiled over on June 7, when protests against heavily armed, masked agents raiding Los Angeles businesses turned violent. Trump deployed the National Guard to quell protests, a dramatic escalation. Across the country, agents in recent weeks have also arrested people as they appeared in immigration court or had check-ins with officials. In New York City, protests have erupted outside of immigration court buildings, resulting in scuffles with officials and agents boarding up windows amid arrests. Protests have only grown after ICE detained a Bronx high school student, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, who had gone to immigration court in May. Like him, other migrants have been detained trying to appear in court or while checking in with immigration officials. "As we continue to see these agencies conduct themselves in a rogue fashion, people are going to continue to step up and fight back," Murad Awawdeh, president of CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, said. "We have to fight for each other. If we don’t, then we’re going to continue to allow these authoritarian tactics to continue to peek their heads up.".

Axios [6/9/2025 3:40 PM, Ryan Deto, 13599K] reports that a large crowd gathered Monday in Downtown demanding an end to immigration raids in Pittsburgh and other parts of the country. Why it matters: As President Trump has upped immigration enforcement starting in California, demonstrators took to the streets over the weekend to stop the raids — and now other cities are coming out in solidarity. Context: Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard soldiers Saturday following federal immigration sweeps that sparked fiery protests in Los Angeles. Pittsburgh was just one city among dozens that held actions Monday to protest ICE and demand that SEIU California labor head David Huerta be released from custody after he was detained by federal agents while protesting a raid. State of play: Over 100 protesters gathered Monday afternoon outside of the federal courthouse in Downtown holding signs reading "Stop ICE Raids Now." What they’re saying: Mayor Ed Gainey rallied with the crowd. Gainey, who has directed Pittsburgh police not to cooperate with ICE, criticized Trump and his enforcement strategy for focusing on terrorizing immigrant communities. "We are the home of Mister Rogers. We need to do what is necessary to protect our immigrants," said Gainey.

Chicago Tribune [6/9/2025 2:27 PM, Carolyn Stein and Laura Rodríguez Presa, 3987K] reports that Chicago is responding to President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration raids with protests that began Sunday. Two more are planned for Monday and Tuesday nights. Tonight’s protest is to be held in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters to denounce alleged cooperation of Chicago police with federal agents arrests last week as they detained immigrants outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office on the Near South Side. The Police Department has denied that officers aided the federal agents. The immigration sweep resulted in a physical clash between the agents and community organizers and several Chicago aldermen, and advocates estimate at least 20 people were rounded up during the surprise check-ins last Wednesday at the federal agency’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program offices in Chicago. Protesters tonight plan to gather at 3510 S. Michigan Ave. at 6 p.m. Chicago organizers are also planning to protest Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard over the weekend in Los Angeles to confront immigration protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration crackdown in the region. The protest is planned for 5:30 p.m. at Federal Plaza on Tuesday.

Politico [6/9/2025 8:08 AM, Shia Kapos, 2100K] reports ICE ACTION: As the Trump administration escalated actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in California, Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democratic leaders denounced the aggressive tactics. “Abuse of power” is what the Democratic governors called it in a statement, adding that it’s governors who are the commanders in chief of their National Guard units. “The federal government activating them in their own [state] borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous.” Protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles and San Francisco in response to ICE immigration raids and Trump’s deployment of the National guard, leading to confrontations. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration called the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area “unlawful,” and urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to back down as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement, via POLITICO’s Blake Jones. They’ve got his back: Newsom’s fellow Democratic governors backed him up. “We stand with Governor Newsom who has made it clear that violence is unacceptable and that local authorities should be able to do their jobs without the chaos of this federal interference and intimidation,” Pritzker and fellow governors said in a statement. Not ending soon: President Donald Trump declined to say whether he planned to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act, which allows for the use of federal troops on domestic soil to quell a rebellion. But either way, he added, “we’re going to have troops everywhere,” via The New York Times.

CBS News [6/9/2025 7:04 PM, Marissa Armas, 51860K] reports on Monday, several local immigration advocacy groups are hosting what they describe as a peaceful rally at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas after days of ongoing immigration raids and counterprotests in Los Angeles. DFW immigration advocates like Azael Alvarez are speaking out. "You know, LA has faced a lot throughout this past weekend, as you’ve seen with the military being sent there, the National Guard, and it’s very scary out there," said Alvarez, an El Movimiento organizer. "We must come out and show out for those who are afraid to come out.". Those like Alvarez and Antonio Rodriguez said this is about speaking up on the injustices many immigrants and Latinos are currently facing. "We need to take control of the power we already possess, there’s lots of us… that what happens in L.A. matters to people in DFW, it matters to people in Colorado and Chicago… that we are one big community, and if we understand that, then we will be able to push back and stop this," said Rodriguez, an organizer with Brown Berets. The Trump administration’s "border czar" has warned that immigration enforcement will continue "every day" in Los Angeles, leaving people in DFW worried. "We’ve seen the action of ICE ramp up around the country. We’ve seen the dirty tactics of abducting, ambushing people in the hallways of courtrooms. We’ve witnessed it, at Vecinos Unidos, through our court sit-ins," said Noemi Jimenez, with Vecinos Unidos. "And I think it’s important that Dallas rises proactive to stand in solidarity with L.A., make sure that ICE knows they’re not welcome here either.". While immigration raids and apprehensions throughout the United States aren’t new, it’s the resiliency of the undocumented Latino community that organizers hope is remembered.

Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 4:13 PM, Kaelan Deese, 1934K] reports the Justice Department under the Trump administration urged a judge to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia behind bars ahead of his trial, citing what it described as a "serious risk" that the Salvadoran national will flee the country, obstruct justice, or endanger witnesses. On Monday, federal prosecutors pointed to multiple reasons why Abrego Garcia should remain in detention in a new filing related to a 2022 traffic stop by Tennessee law enforcement. The prosecutors included claims that Abrego Garcia’s alleged smuggling operation, which is now at the heart of the criminal charges against him, involved children that he used as "cover" while trafficking undocumented migrants across the United States. DOJ attorneys also flagged testimony from a co-conspirator who described how Abrego Garcia would travel with minors or family members "to cover up his illegal actions as part of the overall conspiracy." Abrego Garcia, 29, was charged Friday in a two-count indictment accusing him of transporting people unlawfully in the U.S., including MS-13 gang members. The charges stem from an alleged yearslong conspiracy to move migrants from the southern border to various U.S. locations using reconfigured vehicles, false identities, and illicit cash transfers. At a brief court appearance Friday in Nashville, Abrego Garcia confirmed he understood the charges against him. His arraignment and detention hearing are scheduled for June 13. However, Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes last week declined a public defender’s request that Abrego Garcia be released immediately. He remains in federal custody.

Reuters [6/9/2025 10:55 AM, Luc Cohen, 51390K] reports the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. last Friday after his wrongful deportation to El Salvador in March should not end a judge’s investigation into whether Trump administration officials should be held in contempt for violating a court order, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers said. In a court filing on Sunday, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers disputed the administration’s assertion that it was in compliance with Greenbelt, Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order to facilitate his return from El Salvador because it had brought him back to face criminal charges of migrant smuggling in Tennessee. "Until the Government is held accountable for its blatant, willful, and persistent violations of court orders at excruciating cost to Abrego Garcia and his family, this case is not over," Abrego Garcia’s lawyers wrote. "The executive branch’s wanton disregard for the judicial branch has left a stain on the Constitution.". Spokespeople for the White House, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

FOX News [6/9/2025 1:38 PM, Breanne Deppisch, 46878K] reports that the Trump administration on Friday announced it had returned Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a Salvadoran migrant and alleged MS-13 member – to the U.S., months after he was deported to El Salvador in what officials later acknowledged was an administrative error. It is unclear whether Abrego Garcia’s return signals a shift in policy or is merely a one-off. The administration paired the announcement with news of a new federal indictment charging him with crimes related to transporting undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Still, the case has sparked fresh questions about the administration’s willingness to comply with other court orders requiring the return of deported migrants – whether individuals or entire classes – or mandating that certain individuals remain in U.S. custody long enough to challenge their removals to so-called "third countries." It also undercut the Trump administration’s assertion earlier this year that it is powerless to order El Salvador to return a prisoner or facilitate the return of migrants sent to El Salvador – something judges have attempted somewhat unsuccessfully to square in various court proceedings this year. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg last week ordered the Trump administration to provide all non-citizens deported from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador to be afforded the opportunity to seek habeas relief in court and challenge their alleged gang status – the latest in a heated fight centered on Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport certain migrants.

New York Times [6/9/2025 7:03 PM, Julie Bosman, 138952K] reports last month, Hannah C. Dugan, a state judge in Wisconsin who has been accused of obstructing federal immigration agents in her courtroom, argued in a motion to dismiss the charges that she was entitled to “judicial immunity for her official acts.” On Monday, the Justice Department responded to the motion with a sharp critique of Judge Dugan’s legal defense, affirming what it sees as the government’s broad mandate to carry out immigration arrests, even in state courthouses. “Dugan asks this court for an unprecedented dismissal on grounds of judicial immunity, ignoring well-established law that has long permitted judges to be prosecuted for crimes they commit,” the filing said. “Combined with Dugan’s attempt to define ‘judicial acts’ expansively, such a ruling would give state court judges carte blanche to interfere with valid law enforcement actions by federal agents in public hallways of a courthouse, and perhaps even beyond.” Judge Dugan was indicted last month on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings. In her courtroom in April, the judge steered an undocumented immigrant who was appearing before her in connection with a domestic abuse case to a separate exit from a hallway where immigration officers were waiting to arrest him, according to prosecutors. After leaving her courtroom, the immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, was followed by federal agents and arrested outside the courthouse. Mr. Flores-Ruiz, an immigrant from Mexico, was in the United States illegally, federal authorities have said. In the defense’s motion to dismiss the case, Judge Dugan’s lawyers wrote that the government’s prosecution of the judge violated the Tenth Amendment, principles of federalism reflected in that amendment “and in the very structure of the United States Constitution.” But the Justice Department said that the argument was unsupported by “any direct authority for her theories.” “In the end, Dugan asks for this Court to develop a novel doctrine of judicial immunity from criminal prosecution, and to apply it to the facts alleged in the indictment, all without reasonable basis — directly or indirectly — in the Constitution, statutes, or case law,” the filing said.

AP [6/9/2025 5:55 PM, Scott Bauer] reports the Trump administration argued Monday that charges should not be dropped against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted for allegedly helping a man who is in the country evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal judge to reject a motion filed by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan seeking to dismiss the charges against her, saying doing so would be "unprecedented" and allow judges to be above the law. Dugan is charged with concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, and obstruction, which is a felony. Prosecutors say she escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, and his lawyer out of her courtroom through a back door on April 18 after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the courthouse seeking to arrest him for being in the country illegally. She could face up to six years in prison and a $350,000 fine if convicted on both counts. Her attorneys say she’s innocent. They filed a motion last month to dismiss the case, saying she was acting in her official capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. They also maintain that the federal government violated Wisconsin’s sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge.

FOX News [6/9/2025 8:04 PM, Elizabeth Elkind, 46878K] reports more than 100 Democrats voted against a House GOP-led resolution to condemn the accused terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. It passed 280-113, with 75 Democrats joining Republicans to vote for the bill. Six lawmakers, five Democrats and one Republican, voted "present.". The legislation was introduced by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., last week in response to the attack. But Democrat lawmakers made clear they were opposed to language in the resolution that they felt was politically charged. In addition to condemning the attack, Evans’ resolution also appeared to rebuke blue-leaning sanctuary jurisdictions that were at odds with federal immigration authorities, and he condemned illegal immigrants who overstay their visas as well. A second bill, led by Reps. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., more broadly condemned the rise in antisemitic attacks in the U.S. That legislation netted much wider bipartisan support, passing 400-0, with just two lawmakers voting "present.". But Evans’ resolution more specifically noted that the case of terror suspect Mohammed Sabry Soliman, who overstayed a tourist visa and a subsequent work authorization, "demonstrates the dangers of not removing from the country aliens who fail to comply with the terms of their visas.". Evans’ resolution also "affirms that free and open communication between State and local law enforcement and their Federal counterparts remains the bedrock of public safety and is necessary in preventing terrorist attacks" and it "expresses gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.".

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The Hill [6/9/2025 11:09 PM, Tara Suter, 18649K] reports Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is set to reintroduce legislation to increase penalties for assaulting police amid recent protests in Los Angeles. The legislation, which Gonzales previously introduced in 2023, aims to "increase jail time and civil fines for assaulting a law enforcement officer or interfering with the performance of their official duties" and is named the Curbing Offenses on Policing Services Act (COPS Act) according to a Monday press release from Gonzales. "The chaos unleashed by rioters in Los Angeles this weekend is anything but a peaceful protest—it’s anarchy," Gonzales said in the release. "Radical activists damaged Border Patrol and ICE vehicles while these agents were on duty, and as a result, injuries were reported. It’s time to highlight a very clear message: if you harm a law enforcement officer, you’re going to face severe consequences," he added. "This week, I will introduce the COPS Act in Congress to increase charges for anyone who assaults our law enforcement personnel or keeps them from performing their official duties.” According to Gonzales’s release, the COPS Act looks to take actions that include increasing the amount of time spent in prison by an extra year "for anyone who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with federal officers in performing their duties or as a result of their duties.” Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area on Saturday amid protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said previously the action was due to "violent mobs" recently attacking "Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations.”

Axios [6/10/2025 5:02 AM, Marc Caputo, 13599K] reports President Trump and his allies have a new message for wobbly Republicans in Congress: Either support his "Big Beautiful Bill" or get bashed for backing the Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags in front of burning cars. It’s a sign of the political hardball Trump is playing within his own party. At the same time, he’s squeezing California’s Democratic leaders with what critics call an over-the-top response to protests fueled by his immigration crackdown. The drama in L.A. has helped the White House shift some of its focus from Trump’s feud with Elon Musk and place it squarely on immigration — an issue on which Trump continues to poll relatively well despite growing discontent over his aggressive push for arrests and deportations. As California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass accuse Trump of escalating the tension there, the White House sees a chance to attack sanctuary city policies, embarrass Democrats and show the need for the immigration funding in the mammoth bill that most Republicans strongly support. Trump has long backed using force — even the military — to subdue destructive protests. But his advisers say there was no master plan for immigration raids to spark the type of protests and vandalism in L.A. that would lead Trump to call in the National Guard, over Newsom and Bass’ objections. To Trump’s team, Newsom’s opposition, the televised images of vandalized cars, and protesters throwing rocks and waving foreign flags to oppose U.S. immigration arrests did more to boost the White House’s push to maintain GOP support for Trump’s bill than any of its recent talking points. "We see the riots in L.A. laden with political opportunity, in that it’s a fight between what Republicans say they want vs. the radical left and protesters waving the Mexican flag in front of burning cars — and the Democrats supporting them," said a senior White House adviser. "It’s the best BBB marketing ever. It has brought the critical nature of increased border funding and immigration enforcement to the fore," said Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA, a major voice in Republican advocacy. "Everyone we’re talking to in the Senate says this put it over the top."

CBS News [6/9/2025 1:57 PM, Kaia Hubbard, 51860K] reports that the White House and Republican leaders in Congress are urging lawmakers to quickly get behind the centerpiece of President Trump’s legislative agenda, saying the ongoing immigration protests in Los Angeles add urgency to the push to secure additional resources for border security. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on X on Monday that the legislation, which addresses Mr. Trump’s tax, energy and immigration priorities, "provides the ESSENTIAL funding needed to secure our nation[‘]s borders." Republicans call the legislation the "one big, beautiful bill." "The lawlessness happening in LA is ANOTHER reason why we need to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill IMMEDIATELY," Johnson said, pledging that Congress will support Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who he said are "fighting to keep Americans safe against illegal aliens AND the radical left." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a similar message earlier Monday, saying the scenes unfolding in some areas of Los Angeles "prove that we desperately need more immigration enforcement personnel and resources." "America must reverse the invasion unleashed by Joe Biden of millions of unvetted illegal aliens into our country," Leavitt said in a post on X. "That’s why President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill funds at least one million annual removals and hires 10,000 new ICE personnel, 5,000 new customs officers, and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents."

AP [6/9/2025 7:33 PM, Jonathan Mattise, 56000K] reports the House Homeland Security Committee’s chairman, Republican Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee, announced Monday that he will retire from Congress once the House votes again on the sprawling tax and budget policy bill backed by President Donald Trump. In a statement, Green said he was offered a private sector opportunity that was “that was too exciting to pass up” so he informed House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday of his retirement plans. The move comes more than a year after Green announced he wouldn’t run again in 2024, but changed his mind when fellow Republicans implored him to stick around. Green’s next election would have been in 2026. Green voted for Trump’s sweeping legislation when it passed the House last month. The bill is now in the Senate’s hands, and would need to return to the House for agreement on any changes. Trump wants the bill on his desk for his signature by July 4. Green’s delayed departure could help with the GOP’s narrow margins in the House. Republican leaders need every vote they can get on their big tax bill, which they managed to pass last month by a single vote and will have to pass again once changes are made in the Senate. They now have a 220-212 majority. “It was the honor of a lifetime to represent the people of Tennessee in Congress,” Green said. “They asked me to deliver on the conservative values and principles we all hold dear, and I did my level best to do so.” Green’s seat will be decided in a special election. The timing will depend on when he leaves office. Ahead of his 2024 reelection, Green had announced that February 2024 he would not run again. The decision was revealed a day after the impeachment of then-President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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FOX News [6/9/2025 4:07 PM, Elizabeth Elkind, 46878K] reports a new House GOP bill would see sanctuary cities like Los Angeles lose their federal funds if they refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities. "I mean, we’ve had far too many instances where we have seen someone lose their lives at the hands of someone that’s in this country illegally," Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. "These sanctuary cities have gone out of their way to ignore federal law for far too long. And it’s time that we get serious and we put teeth to things.". He’s introducing the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act on Tuesday, Fox News Digital is first learning, which has a Senate companion bill introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would allow the executive branch to withhold federal funds from states, cities, or other localities that refuse to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On a more granular level, it would also empower state and local officers to work with federal authorities, even if the laws within their operating jurisdictions mandate otherwise. Langworthy said that provision is critical to officers in his Buffalo-anchored district. New York’s Green Light Law, he explained, both allowed illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses and prevented sharing state DMV records with federal authorities. "That really got my attention when I met with ICE at the beginning of the year, and I met with Customs and Border Patrol agents in Buffalo during the Biden administration. They said that this is the largest impediment they have to do their jobs," Langworthy said. For a traffic stop, he said, "They think they know who’s in the car, but they can’t run the tags because they’re New York tags, and they’re taking their lives into their own hands on every single apprehension request.".

New York Post [6/9/2025 11:08 AM, Ryan King, 49956K] reports GOP lawmakers are pushing to boost a proposed new tax on money that migrants earn in the US and send back home to family — after being threatened by Mexico’s president. Nestled in the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act making its way through the Senate is a 3.5% tax on "remittances" from noncitizens in the US, or money transferred back to relatives and family in the migrants’ home country. Over the weekend, footage of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum blasting the planned tax during a speech last month went viral. "If necessary, we’ll mobilize. We don’t want taxes on remittances from our fellow countrymen. From the US to Mexico," Sheinbaum warned in the clip. It is not entirely clear what she meant by "mobilize.". But her salvo was enough to prompt several Republican lawmakers to promptly call on the Senate to raise the proposed tax on remittances. "The House’s Big Beautiful Bill addressed the urgent need for a remittance tax. But we can go further. I’m introducing legislation to quadruple the proposed remittance tax — from 3.5% to 15%," Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) seethed on X. "America is not the world’s piggy bank. And we don’t take kindly to threats.". The tax on remittance is estimated to haul in about $26 billion over the next decade, according to an estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation. Remittances are generally a huge revenue stream for developing countries. Mexico is the second-largest receiver of remittances in the world behind India thanks to cash flows from the US, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Some estimates indicate Mexico received about $64.7 billion in remittances last year, although transfers to Mexico have begun to wane in recent months amid President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. "New reason to amend the Senate bill to tax remittances at a lot higher rate…," Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) wrote on X in response to the clip of Sheinbaum.

New York Times [6/9/2025 12:01 PM, Zach Montague, 138952K] reports scrolling through Instagram one day in March, Ashley Light froze on a post showing a map of Texas with her ZIP code highlighted. Then a local reporter showed up. A few days later her bank called and a letter from the state arrived, all confirming what she had seen on social media. Her borderland neighborhood in El Paso was being targeted by the Trump administration. Just a few months earlier, after her father died, Ms. Light had taken over her family’s small money services business, the Valuta Corporation, which offers check cashing and currency exchange. Now her company — and all others like it in 30 ZIP codes scattered across Texas and California — was suddenly required to report any transaction of $200 or more, along with personal identifying information about the customer, to the government. For decades, the reporting threshold had been set at $10,000. The Treasury Department billed the enhanced scrutiny of already highly regulated businesses as a crucial element of President Trump’s strategy to kneecap Mexican cartels and stem the flow of illicit drugs and money across the southern border. But owners caught in the crackdown said they found the new regulations crushing. And the theory that they may be blind participants in violent criminals’ schemes to conceal dirty money bore little resemblance to the border communities and working-class customers they knew. A number of businesses sued, and judges in both states have found that the policy is most likely unlawful. In both cases, judges expressed skepticism that the extra regulations would be effective in turning up the kind of sophisticated transnational operators the administration is hunting. “While the government’s goal of ferreting out illegal drug money laundering is laudable, the tactic employed here is akin to using a blunderbuss to target a fly,” wrote Judge Fred Biery of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The government’s methods, he continued, would most likely wreak “economic destruction on surrounding law-abiding citizens.” On May 30, Valuta filed a new, separate legal challenge, saying the “ruinous burdens” imposed by the Trump administration had stretched it to the brink of collapse. Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, said in March that the new policy was devised to pick up any signal that cartels were taking advantage of the U.S. financial system. The effort, led by the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, focused on 30 ZIP codes in California and Texas because of their proximity to a major border crossing, according to an undated internal memo the government filed in court. The memo said the network had decided not to include border counties in Arizona or New Mexico, but “may consider expanding” the scope later on. In its current form, the order is set to expire in mid-September and may be extended. In response, money services businesses in Texas and California filed two lawsuits that accused the government of a misguided dragnet campaign with the potential to destroy their livelihoods — all without making a dent in cartel operations. A libertarian public interest law firm, the Institute for Justice, has helped represent a small coalition of companies in each state. “The notion that these border ZIP codes are a wild west where everybody is operating with a wink and a nod and letting cartel thugs with duffel bags full of money launder their cash is false, like ridiculous,” Jeff Rowes, a senior attorney with the institute involved in the challenges, said in an interview.

FOX News [6/9/2025 3:28 PM, Brooke Singman, 46878K] reports the Trump administration is sanctioning El Chapo’s children and Los Chapitos – a fentanyl trafficking faction of the violent Sinaloa cartel, Fox News Digital has learned. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Los Chapitos, which controls laboratories responsible for introducing fentanyl in counterfeit pills manufactured by the Sinaloa cartel and trafficked to the United States. Gunmen linked to the Sinaloa cartel were involved in the Oct. 18, 2024, killing of U.S. Marine veteran Nicholas Quets in Sonora, Mexico. Additionally, the Treasury Department designated the two sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera: Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar. Bessent added that the Treasury Department is "maximizing all available tools to stop the fentanyl crisis and help save lives." The Treasury Department on Monday also sanctioned a regional network of Los Chapitos associates and businesses based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, that allegedly engages in drug tracking, extortion, kidnapping and money laundering. The Treasury Department coordinated with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to take the action Monday.

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Reuters [6/9/2025 3:28 PM, Daphne Psaledakis, 51390K] reports that the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, labeling it a Specially Designated Global Terrorist as President Donald Trump administration seeks to tackle cross-border drug trafficking. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it designated Los Chapitos under illicit drug and terrorism authorities, accusing it of facilitating trafficking and production of fentanyl, the lethally potent opioid. Two of its fugitive leaders, both sons of convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were also hit with sanctions, according to the Treasury Department. "Los Chapitos is a powerful, hyperviolent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel at the forefront of fentanyl trafficking into the United States," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the statement. "At the Department of the Treasury, we are executing on President Trump’s mandate to completely eliminate drug cartels and take on violent leaders like ‘El Chapo’s’ children. Treasury is maximizing all available tools to stop the fentanyl crisis and help save lives.". The Treasury on Monday also imposed sanctions on what it said was a regional network of Los Chapitos associates and businesses based in Mexico. Monday’s action freezes any of their U.S. assets and generally bars Americans from dealing with them. Those that engage in certain transactions with the sanctioned parties also risk being hit with sanctions.

Blaze [6/9/2025 6:00 AM, Andy Biggs, 1805K] reports the Trump administration can claim many historic victories but none greater than securing the southern border. This wasn’t just the fulfillment of Trump’s signature campaign promise — it was a demonstration that "law and order" means nothing without real enforcement. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has become the face of that message. She appears in a series of high-profile ad campaigns — aired nationwide and internationally — warning illegal immigrants to self-deport or face permanent removal. The ads sparked predictable outrage, but the message remains clear: The days of catch-and-release are over. But the ads aren’t brazen — they’re brilliant. Democrats have slammed the ads as a waste of money or a form of political advertising. But the truth is, they hate the ads because of how powerful they are. These ads reflect a basic truth: DHS has a duty to enforce federal immigration law. Campaigns like these aren’t new. The Biden administration ran its own digital push in 2022 under Customs and Border Protection, urging migrants to "Say No to the Coyote." But the results now speak louder than any slogan. Trump and Noem haven’t just increased removals or tightened border security — they’ve changed the calculus entirely. Fewer migrants are even attempting to enter the country. That’s the power of clear, consistent messaging. Biden told the world illegal entry wouldn’t carry consequences. Trump has made it clear those days are done.

USA Today [6/9/2025 6:05 AM, Douglas C. Lyons, 75552K] reports as a nation, we shouldn’t have to worry about a young man like Esro Garcia Mendez, the son of immigrants and a first-generation high school graduate in Florida’s Palm Beach County. Mendez’ character is evident. Instead of celebrating with friends after receiving his diploma, he rushed to HCA Palms West Hospital to be with his ailing father. Imagine a father’s joy in sharing such a special moment. Esro kept a 4.0 grade-point average on the way to finishing high school, a goal he and his family shared as they clearly understood the importance of a high school degree. He doesn’t want to stop there. He wants to enlist in the U.S. armed forces, another first that he believes will also make his family and community proud. Although his future seems bright, there’s cause for concern. Specifically, there simply may be too many good folk like Mendez who will get needlessly ensnared in President Donald Trump’s administration’s mass deportation scheme that touts making numbers. Trump wants to deport 1 million immigrants a year, according to Washington Post. According to NBC News, Trump officials have pushed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to pick up the pace by arresting 3,000 immigrants a day, an unpractical rate that will most likely include legal residents and U.S. citizens.

Washington Examiner [6/10/2025 12:05 AM, Staff, 1934K] reports California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t like President Donald Trump activating the National Guard in his state. His solution should be to do a better job of making sure Democratic Party officials do not impede federal deportation operations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents served warrants at several worksites across Los Angeles last Friday after a judge found probable cause that employers were using fictitious documents for illegal workers. Instead of working with federal law enforcement agencies conducting lawful arrests, Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement accusing the agents of sowing "terror." She additionally promised to work with "immigrant rights community organizations" to coordinate a response, warning, "We will not stand for this." Later, David Huerta, who is president of the Service Employees International Union of California, was arrested at a worksite for obstructing federal officers. Throughout the rest of the day, rioters threw rocks at federal law enforcement vehicles and blocked their movement throughout the city. A mob of more than a thousand rioters surrounded and attacked a federal detention center where the illegal immigrants arrested were being detained. ICE agents called the Los Angeles Police Department for help, but it took over two hours for them to arrive. Rioting then continued throughout the night. One of the reasons for this was the fact that the city of Los Angeles has been chronically short of police officers for the past decade, which should be remembered when the Left complains about their reinforcement by the National Guard, which happened as violence continued. On Saturday, California State Assemblyman Jose Luis Solache saw several Customs and Border Protection vehicles leave the freeway and enter his neighborhood. He followed them to a parking lot across the street from a Home Depot. The agents stayed in their cars and did not arrest anyone. But Solache nevertheless posted a video to his social media account urging followers to come and interfere. "No en mi distrito," Solache said. "Not in my district. Vamonos pa fuera (let’s go, get out of here).” The incitement worked, and CBP agents found themselves surrounded by hundreds of rioters who threw rocks at them. Finally, sheriff deputies arrived and fired tear gas and flash-bang rounds to clear a path for CBP agents to escape the mob. But rioting continued throughout the day and into the night. Stores were looted — a sure sign that the rioters are not on the side of the angels — cars were set on fire, and fireworks were launched at police and their vehicles. Newsom wants to blame Trump for the violence, but his allegations do not bear scrutiny. "We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved," Newsom falsely tweeted Sunday night. But Trump did not announce activation of the National Guard until midnight on Saturday, at which time Los Angeles had been engulfed in rioting for two days. The failure to maintain law and order was entirely Newsom’s, along with the Democratic Party and Mayor Bass. They are the ones telling constituents not to tolerate federal law enforcement in their communities. They are the ones instigating mobs into violence.

New York Post [6/9/2025 7:31 PM, Staff, 49956K] reports Democrats don’t seem to care about the criminal rap sheets of the illegal migrants ICE has been rounding up in Los Angeles. Apparently, convicted sex abusers, drug dealers and gang members all still somehow have a sacrosanct right to stay in the United States. And ICE efforts to take them into custody, per Mayor Karen Bass on Friday, "sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.". (Funny: Andrew Cuomo’s statement the same day here in NYC also complained that ICE’s "sow terror in neighborhoods" and "erode the sense of safety for all residents." Maybe they’ve hired the same consultants?). Thing is, criminals sow terror every day, and ICE’s LA targets had done hard time for crimes like cocaine trafficking, willful cruelty to a child and sexual battery. Many of the detainees also had gang affiliations and/or convictions for assault. And, again, none were in this country legally; they’re the kind of menaces Americans most have in mind when they tell pollsters they support Team Trump’s deportation efforts. Yet Bass says enforcing the law is too dangerous: "If you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have the disorder that went on," she blathered Monday on CNN. "People in the city have a rapid-response network," she explained. "If they see ICE, they go out and they protest" — though most people wouldn’t use "protest" to describe lighting cars on fire, shooting commercial fireworks at cops or throwing Molotov cocktails at federal agents. As for that "rapid-response network": Much of it consists of "activist" groups like the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which has also been organizing anti-Israel violence of late and has received major funding from socialist billionaire Neville Singham, who has well-documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party. It’s not so strange that the rioters have been waving Mexican and Palestinian flags, after all. Then again, another major protest-pusher is funded by US governments: CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights/Los Angeles, has gotten tens of millions from the state of California, as well as smaller grants from the Biden Department of Homeland Security.

Wall Street Journal [6/9/2020 5:22 PM, Daniel Pipes, 646K] reports it’s no coincidence that President Trump’s decision to ban the entry of nationals from 12 countries, including six Muslim-majority ones, and review the screening practices of Egypt immediately followed the June 1 antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colo. That day Mohamed Sabry Soliman—a migrant from Egypt who overstayed his visa—taped himself telling his family “Jihad for God’s sake is more beloved to me than you,” as translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Mr. Solimon packed a Quran and 18 Molotov cocktails into his car, then threw incendiaries at people marching for the hostages in Gaza, wounding 15. By my count, this was the 23rd Muslim-on-Jewish attack, planned or realized, in the U.S. since 1977, making Muslim assaults the most constant source of violence against American Jews. This number ignores threats and property-only damage by Muslims, such as a rash of attacks on Chicago-area synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses in 2022. The perpetrators of this violence overwhelmingly immigrate from Muslim-majority societies, mostly Middle Eastern but also beyond, such as Mauritania and the Caucasus. About half were illegally in the U.S., either entering without permission or overstaying visas. The few nonmigrants are mainly American black converts to Islam. All are male. The attacks are an urban phenomenon, with 12 taking place in New York City. Greater Los Angeles, with three, is the only other urban area with more than a single case. The attacks mainly occurred in two waves: nine between 1990 and 2006, then 10 since 2021. Most of the attacks are motivated by antipathy toward Israel. Mr. Soliman allegedly yelled “free Palestine” and “We have to end Zionists” before attacking. He told police that he “wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead” and would do it again, according to the criminal complaint. A few perpetrators believe that “Jews control the world,” as one hostage reported being told by the man who held him captive in a Texas synagogue in 2022. These attackers are trying to pressure this fictitious Jewish cabal—in the Texas case, to release a U.S.-imprisoned jihadist.

The Hill [6/9/2025 7:00 AM, Barry Angeline and Dan McCabe, 18649K] reports we thought reform was possible. We were wrong. We were brought to Puerto Rico to fix FEMA’s broken disaster recovery processes after Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. Our team of seven Lean Six Sigma experts — decorated military officers and retired executives — had more than 150 years of combined experience in process improvement across 60 organizations in more than 20 countries, including war zones. FEMA was the only organization our team unanimously deemed unfixable — not because the mission was complex, but because of its toxic mix of incompetence, lack of accountability, and calcified dysfunction. FEMA’s three-part mission was extremely simple: assess damage, calculate costs, release funds. Yet two years after Hurricane Maria, only 5 percent to 8 percent of cost estimates had been completed. Recovery had stalled. And instead of admitting failure, FEMA inflated $1.5 billion in project estimates to mislead Congress. At FEMA’s Joint Recovery Office near San Juan — with 2,000 to 3,000 staff — the public Wi-Fi password had to be changed because so many employees were streaming Netflix. Damage assessments were routinely fabricated. "It’s easier," one staffer told us. When we reported it, investigators asked, "Did anyone take the money?" We said no. They lost interest. It got worse. FEMA approved leasing $46 million in pumps that could have been bought for $4 million. A whistleblower who reported this later died under suspicious circumstances — his body was cremated without an autopsy, despite requests for a forensic review. FEMA’s response? Nothing.

Reuters [6/9/2025 6:17 PM, Ted Hesson, Tim Reid and Mike Scarcella, 24051K] reports images of federal immigration agents wearing masks and balaclavas as they conduct raids in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities have ignited a politically charged debate over whether they are protecting their identities or engaging in intimidation tactics. Violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement in Los Angeles during the weekend were triggered by masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers rounding up alleged immigration offenders. Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups say masks are an attempt by ICE agents to escape accountability for their actions and are aimed at frightening immigrants as they carry out Republican President Donald Trump’s directive to crack down on illegal immigration. Republicans and ICE officials assert the face coverings are necessary to protect agents and their families from being targeted by "doxxing," in which their home addresses and personal information are posted online. "People are out there taking photos of the names, their faces, and posting them online with death threats to their family and themselves," Todd Lyons, the acting ICE chief, said last week. There are no federal rules or laws forbidding mask-wearing by law enforcement personnel, although historically they have been used to protect the identities of agents during undercover operations, said Jerry Robinette, a former ICE special agent in charge. Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu was criticized by the Trump administration last week when she compared masked ICE agents to the "secret police" and a neo-Nazi group. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of ICE, called Wu’s rhetoric dangerous. "Make no mistake, this type of rhetoric is contributing to the surge in assaults of ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE," McLaughlin said. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, speaking to Reuters in May, defended ICE officers using face coverings. "They’ve been doxxed repeatedly," Homan said. "I should know because I’ve been doxxed a thousand times myself.". Homan cited an April protest outside his home in upstate New York after ICE arrested a mother and her three children on a dairy farm. The Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 6:00 AM, Anna Giaritelli, 1934K] reports that for years, ICE personnel have worn plain clothes and covered parts of their faces when carrying out arrests in public areas where a picture being taken of their face could expose their identities. But under the Trump administration, ICE personnel and other federal law enforcement employees assisting with immigration duties have increasingly masked up to protect themselves and their loved ones from blowback. But covering up has angered Democrats, who have called for their unmasking. Senior immigration officials at the Department of Homeland Security are "really concerned" about the blowback over the masks in particular and are in informal talks about how to proceed, according to one of three current and former senior immigration officials who spoke with the Washington Examiner. "What is the future of this going to look like? It’s pretty weird," said the first person, a senior DHS official. "It’s not going to get better." A second official who has spoken with top staff at ICE said "there’s legitimate concern" for the safety of personnel, but added that more must be done to protect police officers’ identities in a way that does not scare the community. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu lamented how ICE personnel wear face coverings and added that neo-Nazi group NSC-131 also wear masks, as if to conflate the two. "People are terrified for their lives, and for their neighbors, folks getting snatched off the street by secret police, who are wearing masks … who can offer no justification for why certain people are being taken," Wu said last week. More than 80 House Democrats sent DHS Secretary Kristi Noem a letter Thursday about "masked, plainclothes officers" detaining illegal immigrants near courthouses in select cities. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons rebutted Democrats’ criticism in a Fox News interview Tuesday and said his staff have received "specific threats online.".

The Hill [6/9/2025 3:05 PM, Tara Suter, 18649K] reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests have topped 100,000 under President Trump this year, according to a White House spokesperson. The new figures from White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson, and would mark a big jump from the last year. In fiscal year 2024, ICE arrested 113,000 people, according to government statistics. Jackson said the administration has reached 100,000 arrests in less than half a year. The ICE numbers come amid recent tension between the Trump administration and California officials over ICE raids in Los Angeles, and subsequent protests.

Axios [6/9/2025 2:07 PM, Brittany Gibson, 13599K] reports that Vice President JD Vance appeared to advocate for deporting the popular fashion blogger known as the "Menswear Guy" in a post to X on Monday. Why it matters: The Trump administration is aggressively trying to ramp up on its campaign promise to deport millions of people, including those who don’t have criminal records. Driving the news: The Menswear Guy, whose name is Derek Guy, wrote on X that he came to the U.S. illegally from Canada as a kid when his father found work in the country. Vance replied to a separate X post about Guy’s immigration status, with the user saying the vice president has "the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever," appearing to refer to the deportation of Guy, who has made jesting fashion critiques of Vance and other elected officials before. Vance’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Guy shot back at Vance in a follow-up post, "i think i can outrun you in these clothes." He also joked that Vance lived at the ready-to-wear retailer, Men’s Warehouse. Zoom out: Guy’s post was a response to the riots and protests in Los Angeles last weekend, advocating against immigration enforcement raids in the city. He condemned the violence on the streets and called the ICE arrests "inhumane."

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The AP [6/9/2025 5:51 PM, Michael Casey, 24051K] reports a hearing began Monday for a Massachusetts judge facing civil charges over allegations that she allowed an immigrant in her court to evade an immigration enforcement agent. The case stems from a 2018 incident in which Shelley Joseph, a district court judge, is accused of colluding with the immigrant’s attorney and a court officer to allow him escape out a back door of the courthouse after a hearing on charges that included drug possession. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer had been waiting outside the courtroom to detain the defendant, Jose Medina-Perez. "This case is about the integrity, impartiality and independence of the Massachusetts judiciary and the appearance of the integrity, impartiality and independence every judge must uphold," Judith Fabricant, special counsel for the commission, told the hearing. A lawyer for Joseph, Elizabeth Mulvey, said the case had been distorted over time and that everyone had come to believe that her client "let an illegal immigrant out of the door" with half of those people believing she should be jailed and the other half calling her a "folk hero.". She argued Joseph had been vilified in the media and people were giving the impression that "dozens of people" had seen Joseph "get off the bench, escort the defendant to the door, give him a hug and wish him god speed.". "Today in this court room and we are going to have opportunity to hear all the evidence," Mulvey said. The case is similar to a Milwaukee judge accused in April of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The case has escalated a clash between the Trump administration and local authorities over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown. FOX News [6/9/2025 2:25 PM, Danielle Wallace, 46878K] reports Medina-Perez, who had been prohibited from re-entering the United States until 2027, had appeared in court on drug possession charges and a fugitive warrant from Pennsylvania and an ICE agent was waiting to take him into custody. Joseph is appearing before the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Monday and the hearing is ongoing. Presiding Judge Denis McInerney said that he will issue a report after the hearing concludes of his findings and recommendations. At the start of the hearing, Joseph’s counsel emphasized that her client had not been convicted of any crime. Prosecutors said MacGregor allegedly escorted the defendant, his attorney and an interpreter downstairs to the lockup and used his security access card to open the rear sally-port exit and release the defendant. The Justice Department agreed to drop the charges against Joseph in September 2022 after she referred herself to the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC) and admitted to certain facts related to the case. The Massachusetts CJC filed formal charges accusing Joseph of "willful judicial misconduct" and conduct "prejudicial to the administration of justice."

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Univision [6/9/2025 3:01 PM, Staff, 4992K] reports U.S. Congressional representatives Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat were turned away from inspecting an immigration detention center in lower Manhattan on Sunday. Members of Congress waited for an hour to gain access to the 10th-floor facility at 26 Federal Plaza, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains recently arrested immigrants. Despite having constitutional authority to inspect federal facilities, agents denied them access after allowing them into the main lobby without their support staff. Congressmen announced that they will use their budgetary power in Congress to deny funding for these operations.

Blaze [6/9/2025 12:23 PM, Candace Hathaway, 1805K] reports that as violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers erupts in Los Angeles, federal immigration agents in New York City are facing similar hostility. Protests broke out in lower Manhattan following ICE arrests at a federal courthouse. On Friday, a video circulated on social media, showing a hectic scuffle involving plainclothes ICE agents arresting Joaquin Rosario Espinal, a Dominican Republic national residing illegally in the U.S. The video captured officers wrestling Espinal to the ground in the courthouse’s narrow halls, crowded with activists and members of the media. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Blaze News that ICE was attempting to arrest Espinal immediately after his immigration proceedings were dismissed. The officers allegedly faced resistance from him, activists, and even reporters. McLaughlin claimed that Espinal "resisted arrest and punched an officer." "A woman was also arrested for assaulting an officer. Despite interference by the media and members of the public, the officers ultimately detained this illegal alien and placed him under arrest," she told Blaze News. "Our officers are doing their jobs by removing public safety threats and enforcing our nation’s immigration laws. Assaulting, resisting, impeding, or harassing ICE officers is against the law," she added. "The violence against ICE must end."

Axios [6/9/2025 7:18 AM, Adam Tamburin, 13599K] reports Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is defending his executive order that requires city agencies to report communication with federal immigration officials, saying it is an "appropriate, transparent measure." Republican leaders have been ferociously critical of O’Connell’s order, saying it amounted to obstruction of immigration enforcement. But O’Connell told reporters Friday that the order shows the community "nobody is trying to hide anything here." O’Connell updated an existing executive order following an immigration crackdown last month that resulted in nearly 200 arrests. The goal was to alert Metro sooner when city employees were aware of ICE activity. Republicans at every level of government seized on the order, saying O’Connell was trying to interfere with ICE actions. Republicans launched two congressional investigations into the matter. Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton issued a statement on Thursday calling on O’Connell to rescind the order, which he said forces city employees "to act as big brother." "This order has jeopardized the safety of federal and state agents to the extent that individuals are harassing and interfering in the lawful duty of these agents," Sexton said.

Axios [6/9/2025 6:24 AM, Russell Contreras, Brittany Gibson, and Joe Guillen, 13599K] reports several Michigan law enforcement agencies are cooperating with federal efforts to arrest and remove unauthorized immigrants through a partnership program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Taylor police department is the only Metro Detroit agency with a signed agreement with ICE known as a 287(g) agreement, per federal data as of Thursday. Others with such deals include sheriff’s offices in Berrien, Calhoun and Jackson counties. Roscommon County’s sheriff’s office has a pending application. Taylor police defended its agreement against criticism from immigrant rights advocates that it gives officers the powers of immigration agents. "If we encounter an individual during the commission of a criminal act and they are arrested, we will identify them as is required by law," Deputy Chief Michael Lividini told the Free Press. "If in the process of identifying them it is determined they are in the country illegally, we will contact ICE. This has been our practice for decades. "

Houston Chronicle [6/9/2025 6:07 PM, John Wayne Ferguson, 1982K] reports plainclothes immigration agents on Monday arrested three people at a southwest Houston immigration court, sweeping in to make arrests moments after government lawyers dropped the men’s pending asylum cases. The arrests at the South Gessner Road Immigration Court were the first examples of such arrests to be publicized in Houston, though rumors of ICE agents taking people in custody on their court dates have swirled for weeks. The arrests are similar to others made at courts in other cities around the country. The events in the courthouse match tactics seen in other places, where government lawyers will dismiss pending asylum cases as a means immediately arrest people and moved them into an expedited deportation process.

CBS News [6/9/2025 8:18 PM, Marissa Armas, 51860K] Video: HERE reports a trip that was supposed to be filled with happiness and celebration quickly took a turn for one Dallas family after they were arrested by immigration authorities. At their home in Southeast Dallas, the walls showcase some of the proudest moments for the Granados Rojas family. "My parents raised us here, this is their home too, they’ve been here for 20 plus years," Jennifer Granados Rojas, their daughter, said. But after decades of living in the home, this family of five was recently torn apart. "It was just sad seeing them go," said their other daughter, Brisa Granados Rojas. "I wasn’t able to give them a last hug.". On May 19, the Granados Rojas family was on their way to El Paso to celebrate their daughter’s college graduation from the University of Texas at El Paso. While driving through Taylor County, they were stopped by state troopers for not having a front license plate. Jennifer said the troopers then asked to see the entire family’s documentation. "After providing the documentation, after another long time, we saw a truck pull up, it seemed like an unmarked car, but it was like ICE… Border Patrol and they asked my dad to step out of the car," Jennifer Granados Rojas said. Their dad, Jorge Granados Rojas, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Shortly after their mom, Esperanza Granados Rojas was, too, leaving their 16-year-old son without a parent at home. "I’m angry that this had to happen, I’m sad that I don’t know when I’m going to see my parents or if I’m ever going to see my parents again," said Brisa Granados Rojas. A CBP agent at the scene said that while the couple entered the country legally, they were detained for not having valid visas. "They are going to have two options, they can either go back voluntarily, and I’ll put them on a bus tomorrow, or if they’re going to fight their case, I’m going to guess they are going to fight their case, then I’ll put them on the same bus, and they are going to go to a detention center in Pearsall, Texas," said an unknown CBP agent during the incident. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said that the couple "overstayed their tourist visas" and said they "presented expired driver’s licenses" when they were pulled over—subjecting them to removal proceedings. The couple is currently in ICE custody awaiting their court hearing, leaving the responsibility of their teenage son to their daughters. Their daughters are DACA recipients. Their son is a U.S. citizen.

CBS News [6/9/2025 11:07 PM, Staff, 51860K] Video: HERE reports ICE agents say they removed 122 people, whom they describe as high risk, and in the country illegally. They were flown aboard a charter flight to China last week. ICE Dallas says the flight included some convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape, bribery, and human smuggling.

CBS News [6/9/2025 11:04 PM, Staff, 51860K] Video: HERE reports CBS News Texas contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ask about its response to the rally, and whether there are any immigration raids planned soon within the metroplex. In a statement, a spokesperson said: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fully respects the Constitutional rights of all people to peacefully express their opinions. That being said, ICE remains committed to performing its immigration enforcement mission consistent with federal law and agency policy. ICE prioritizes public safety over politics. Brave officers are on the streets every day, risking their lives to locate, arrest and remove the most egregious criminal aliens in line with the president’s policy of ‘worst first.’"

Breitbart [6/9/2025 10:56 AM, Warner Todd Huston, 3077K] reports Idaho’s Republican Governor Brad Little has announced a new agreement with federal immigration authorities to support President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda. Little is teaming with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest any criminal illegals who have taken up residence in the Gen State. The agreement was created under the 287g authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act. "287(g) is critically important to our strategy of having the enforcement that we need to really address the criminal activities that we’ve seen out on the ground," said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. "It has been wonderful to see people jump in and be a part of it to make sure that we have not just the authorities that we need to go out there and to work, but also to have the local knowledge and the people in the community that really want to be a part of the solution. We are looking for more agreements like that across the country, and we will continue to build on it.". The federal 287(g) program has often been an afterthought in the fight against illegal immigration in past presidential eras, but as the Trump era continues to gear up, the federal government has made a major effort to enhance this program for the help locals can lend to immigration policies. For example, as the Obama administration was winding down in 2015, there were only 34 local law enforcement agencies signed on through the 287(g) program, CNN reported. Gov. Little stressed that this new agreement will help eliminate thousands of dangerous criminals from the state. "Idaho is stepping up to help the Trump administration transport illegal immigrants with criminal histories out of our jails and to ICE facilities, where they will be deported out of our country," Little said. "These criminals here illegally have committed crimes such as domestic violence, robbery, driving under the influence, and other dangerous activities that threaten Idaho families, but in counties across our state they are being released back into our communities after arrest. This is unacceptable. Idaho has taken many steps to increase our coordination with the Trump administration in the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws, and I want to further strengthen our state’s partnership with President Trump to help address the national emergency posed by years of reckless border policies under the Biden-Harris administration.". "I’m really encouraged to see Idaho making its communities safer by signing on with our 287(g) program," Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons added. "You have to remember that we’re talking about criminals — and often, they won’t take an arrest sitting down — so when local jails are allowed to turn them over to ICE in a safe setting, we don’t need to send dozens of federal law enforcement officers into the public to make arrests. Partnerships like this one keep offenders out of communities and protect our families, friends and neighbors.".

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Axios [6/9/2025 4:17 PM, Alayna Alvarez, John Frank, 13599K] reports legal pressure is mounting against Democratic Gov. Jared Polis after revelations that he ordered state officials to comply with an ICE subpoena and hand over personal data of undocumented children in Colorado to federal immigration agents. The groups accuse the governor of "colluding" with ICE agents and violating multiple state laws that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement in non-criminal matters. Polis has agreed not to act on the subpoena until after the judge rules on a request for a temporary restraining order and injunction, according to his attorney’s court filing last week. Just weeks ago, Polis signed a bill prohibiting state and local officials from collecting or sharing information about immigration status unless it directly involves a criminal investigation.

NewsNation [6/9/2025 5:21 PM, Sierra Campbell, 5801K] reports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly detained the most-followed person on TikTok on Friday. Khaby Lame, whose full name is Seringe Khabane Lame, is an Italian-Senegalese influencer and was detained for immigration violations at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to USA Today. Lame, 25, is a current citizen of Italy and reportedly "overstayed the terms of his visa," ICE reported. ICE allegedly gave Lame the option to depart the country voluntarily after he was detained, and Lame chose to leave the U.S. Lame’s detainment is part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. During his campaign, he had promised to create mass deportations, which have led to ICE raiding workplaces, airports and more across the country.

The New York Times [6/9/2025 7:33 AM, Ali Watkins, 153395K] reports the city of Glendale, Calif., announced Sunday it was terminating its contract with U.S. Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and would no longer allow the agencies to house federal immigration detainees at its police department facility. Glendale “recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract — no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good — has become divisive,” the city, in Los Angeles County, said in a statement. “The Glendale Police Department is trusted and supported by the residents and businesses, and in turn, our officers work every day to protect and serve with professionalism and care. At this time, it is in our best interest to not allow that trust to be undermined.” The announcement came after protesters in parts of Los Angeles clashed with police officers and federal law enforcement for a third consecutive day on Sunday. “The city manager’s decision to end this contract was made after careful evaluation of legal, operational and community considerations,” the city said in its statement. It emphasized that the decision was not “politically driven.” The Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 8:12 AM, Emily Hallas, 1934K] reports "…The decision to terminate this contract is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for—public safety, local accountability, and trust."."It is also our duty to ensure that Glendale’s residents and businesses do not suffer the consequences of the unruly and unlawful behavior of others. Moving forward, the facility will continue to serve local law enforcement needs without participation in federal detention efforts," the announcement continued. Glendale City Manager Roubik Golanian made the decision due to "evaluation of legal, operational, and community considerations," per the press release.

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Univision [6/9/2025 5:33 PM, Staff, 4992K] reports tensions are rising among migrant communities in Southern California after multiple operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol were confirmed in various locations in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Orange County Second District Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento confirmed that at least six people were arrested in the parking lot of a Home Depot in Santa Ana, located on Edinger near the 55 Freeway. In a video posted on social media, Sarmiento warned that agents were also present at another Home Depot in the area, on MacArthur, and that the operations could extend to other cities in the county. Images circulated on social media showing what appear to be Border Patrol agents chasing and detaining people in commercial parking lots. Witnesses say some vehicles used in the operations did not have visible official insignia. The operations were not limited to Orange County. In Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, the presence of ICE and Border Patrol vehicles was confirmed in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Slauson Avenue.

CNN [6/9/2025 12:08 PM, Brian Stelter, 875K] reports as federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw. The television personality and his camera crew were on hand before and after the raids that took place on Friday and triggered several days of street protests. McGraw was there "to get a first-hand look at the targeted operations," according to his conservative TV channel, MeritTV. McGraw also had "exclusive" access to Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, a spokesperson for the channel said. The two men sat down for taped conversations about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts both "the day before and day after the LA operation.". The TV personality and Homan were also together at the Homeland Security Investigations field office in L.A. on the morning the raids began. McGraw’s presence on the ground in L.A. reinforces the made-for-TV nature of Trump’s immigration crackdown. The former daytime talk show host was embedded with ICE officials in Chicago back in January, when some federal agents were told to be camera-ready for a show of force at the very start of President Trump’s second term. A MeritTV spokesperson said this time was different, however. "In order to not escalate any situation, Dr. Phil McGraw did not join and was not embedded" during the L.A. raids, the channel spokesperson said. Instead, he hung out at the field office and had face time with Homan. The conversations will air on "Dr. Phil Primetime" on Monday and Tuesday night. Trump officials have repeatedly tried to maximize television and online attention around immigration enforcement activities this year. Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are regulars on Fox News and other Trump-aligned TV networks. They also frequently publicize ICE actions on X and other social media platforms.

NewsMax [6/9/2025 3:03 PM, Michael Katz, 4622K] reports television talk show host and author Dr. Phil McGraw was with a TV crew covering Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles that sparked widespread rioting over the weekend. McGraw had exclusive access to Department of Homeland Security officials, including with Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s point man for mass deportations and border security, "the day before and day after the LA operation," CNN reported Monday, citing a spokesperson for McGraw’s MeritTV network. The ICE raids resulted in dozens of illegal immigrants being detained and sparked widespread rioting in Los Angeles, forcing Trump to call in National Guard troops to quell the situation and protect law enforcement officials. "In order to not escalate any situation, Dr. Phil McGraw did not join and was not embedded" during the Los Angeles raids, the spokesperson said. Instead, he was at a field office and had face time with Homan. The conversations will air on "Dr. Phil Primetime" on Monday and Tuesday night.

Los Angeles Times [6/9/2025 6:06 PM, Maira Garcia, 14672K] reports as Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids across Los Angeles, former daytime talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw and his TV network MeritTV are covering the actions and protests in the city. McGraw conducted an interview Friday with White House border advisor Tom Homan, who was leading the agency’s raids. A portion of the interview was posted on MeritTV’s website and the network plans to air a conversation between the men that was "taped the day before and the day after the L.A. operation" in two parts beginning Monday at 5 p.m. PT, according to a network spokesperson reached via email. MeritTV, which launched late last year, primarily features McGraw’s show "Dr. Phil Primetime," where he comments on the news and interviews figures ranging from New York City Mayor Eric Adams to businessman and former L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso. The TV host has previously embedded with ICE officials during raids, including in Chicago earlier this year, where he and his crew taped arrests. However, that wasn’t the case this time around in L.A., but crews from his network did capture footage from the enforcement action over the weekend. "MeritTV news crews were on the ground during the recent ICE operation in L.A. on Friday," a MeritTV spokesperson said. "In order to not escalate any situation, Dr. Phil McGraw did not join and was not embedded, as he previously was in Chicago.". The interview was taped at the Homeland Security Investigations’ downtown field office. ICE declined to comment on the interview and whether McGraw was given advance notice of the raids.

FOXBusiness [6/9/2025 4:29 PM, Daniella Genovese, 9940K] reports Home Depot said its stores remain open after some of its locations in Los Angeles were the target of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. Several people were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the parking lot of a Home Depot in the Westlake, a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, on Friday, according to reports. It was one of many raids carried out by ICE across the city over the weekend, igniting a wave of violence and with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement while urging the administration to end deportations. LA Mayor Karen Bass questioned how the raids were being carried out, specifically why a Home Depot was targeted. ICE declined to confirm or discuss the operation at Home Depot, according to NBC Los Angeles. However, the agency told the outlet that "all aliens in violation of U.S. immigration law may be subject to arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States, regardless of nationality."

Bloomberg [6/9/2025 1:59 PM, Ellen M. Gilmer, 111K] reports that lawmakers are demanding answers after they were denied entry to an immigrant jail in downtown Los Angeles, the latest conflict between Democrats and the Trump administration over the handling of protests that have roiled the California city for days. "Denying Members of Congress access to a federal detention facility is a direct violation of federal law," Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after he and fellow California Democrats Lou Correa, Luz Rivas, and Norma Torres were barred from entering an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the Roybal Federal Building on Saturday… [Editorial note: consult extended commentary at source link]

AP [6/9/2025 5:52 PM, Dánica Coto, 56000K] reports in late May, a 47-year-old woman from the Dominican Republic was detained by police in Puerto Rico after she entered a municipal building seeking a permit to sell ice cream on the beach to support herself. Upon being turned over to federal agents, the Dominican woman presented her passport, driver’s license and work permits that proved she was living in the U.S. territory legally, her attorney Ángel Robles and the American Civil Liberties Union of Puerto Rico, said Monday. Despite the documents presented, authorities recently transferred her to Texas as part of a federal crackdown on migrants living illegally in U.S. jurisdictions. The woman, whose first name is Aracelis, has not been fully identified because she is a victim of domestic violence. Aracelis is among hundreds of people who have been detained in Puerto Rico since large-scale arrests began in late January, surprising many in the U.S. territory that has long welcomed migrants. Because her name does not appear in a federal database, Robles’ request for a bond hearing was denied. The case has fueled already simmering anger against the administration of Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and local authorities who have been working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest those believed to be living illegally in the U.S. territory. In a letter sent Monday to the governor and the island’s justice secretary, the ACLU accused Puerto Rico’s government of violating the Constitution and local laws by providing ICE and U.S. Homeland Security with confidential information on nearly 6,000 immigrants. It also accused ICE of using that data to go on a “fishing expedition” that it called “arbitrary and abusive.”

Telemundo [6/9/2025 7:55 PM, Staff, 177K] reports the federal government announced Monday that it has resumed processing immigration applications for people under humanitarian parole programs, complying with a court order issued by a federal court in Massachusetts. A statement signed by Kika Scott, current acting deputy director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), confirms that the suspension of humanitarian parole applications that benefits Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans has been lifted. Others such as Uniting for Ukraine, family reunification processes and the Military Parole in Place, known as MPIP, will also benefit. The action follows a court order of May 28 in the case of Svitlana Doe vs. Kristi Noem, where a judge granted preliminary relief to the government’s administrative standstill imposed in January. The new guideline issued on June 9, authorizes USCIS officers to resume analysis of slow cases once each applicant’s additional review process is completed.

Reuters [6/9/2025 6:09 PM, Humeyra Pamuk, 24051K] reports the U.S. State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students at the Ivy League institution. In a diplomatic cable sent on June 6 and signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the State Department cited parts of the judge’s decision, saying the fresh directive was "in accordance with" the temporary restraining order. Under that order granted to Harvard late on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked Trump’s proclamation from taking effect pending further litigation of the matter. Trump had cited national security concerns as justification for barring international students from entering the U.S. to pursue studies at Harvard. The Trump administration has launched a multi-pronged attack on the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, freezing billions of dollars in grants and other funding and proposing to end its tax-exempt status, prompting a series of legal challenges. Harvard argues the administration is retaliating against it for refusing to accede to demands to control the school’s governance, curriculum and the ideology of its faculty and students. CNN [6/9/2025 12:39 PM, Kylie Atwood, 21433K] reports that the new guidance replaced one that posts had received earlier that same week – calling on them to refuse visa applicants for students and researchers going to Harvard – due to the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by US District Judge Allison Burroughs. "Effective immediately, consular sections must resume processing of Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas," the cable states, adding that "no such applications should be refused" as the presidential proclamation had ordered. The cable was signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The return to "standard processing," which the department cable said is "in accordance with the TRO," demonstrates that the department is adhering to the judge’s ruling. Whether the foreign consulates are appropriately processing student visas for people planning to come to Harvard, pursuant to court orders, has been a concern in the ongoing court fight between Harvard and the Trump administration. Burroughs said she was concerned that potential Harvard students abroad had been unable to get visas from some US embassies a few weeks ago. But the judge has instead ordered the administration more broadly to keep the status quo for the university’s international student population. Another major court hearing is set for next week.

AP [6/9/2025 1:57 PM, Gisela Solomon, 56000K] reports President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration enforcement. The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also imposes heightened restrictions on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela who are outside the U.S. and don’t hold a valid visa. The new ban does not revoke visas previously issued to people from countries on the list, according to guidance issued Friday to all U.S. diplomatic missions. However, unless an applicant meets narrow criteria for an exemption to the ban, his or her application will be rejected starting Monday. Travelers with previously issued visas should still be able to enter the U.S. even after the ban takes effect. During Trump’s first term, a hastily written executive order ordering the denial of entry to citizens of mainly Muslim countries created chaos at numerous airports and other ports of entry, prompting successful legal challenges and major revisions to the policy. As the new ban took effect Monday, no disruptions were immediately noticeable at Miami International Airport, where passengers appeared to move steadily through an area for international arrivals. One couple from Guatemala said they were subjected to three different interviews by U.S. officials after showing tourist visas they received last week, but were released an hour after their flight landed. “They asked us where we work, how many children we have, if we have had any problems with the law, how we are going to afford the cost of this travel, how many days we will stay here,” said Vicenta Aguilar, who along with her husband was visiting their son for the first time since he left Guatemala 22 years ago. Luis Hernandez, a Cuban citizen and green card holder who has lived in the U.S. for three years, said he had no problems returning Monday to Miami after a weekend visiting family in Cuba. “They did not ask me anything,” Hernandez said. “I only showed my residency card.”

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Washington Examiner [6/9/2025 10:51 AM, Jenny Goldsberry, 1934K] reports Border czar Tom Homan voiced his support for President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries, which went into effect Monday. The United States has excluded travelers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Trump also provided detailed reasons for banning each country. "The travel ban is exactly what he should be doing," Homan said Monday of Trump on Fox News’s Fox & Friends. "The countries that are being targeted in this do not do proper vetting before they issue visas to come to this country. This is about protecting America. We spent four years, with over 2 million known got-aways. And how many came from a country that sponsors terrorism, we don’t know. President Trump is taking every step possible to protect this nation from a terrorist attack and from other criminal activity.". Homan’s comments followed a firebomb attack over a week ago in Boulder, Colorado, that injured 12 people. The attack happened on Shavuot, a Jewish holiday celebrated by readings of the Torah. Victims were participating in a Run for Their Lives event, a group that organizes short runs and walks to bring attention to the hostages held by Hamas. The suspect in the attack, Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was charged with a federal hate crime and is facing deportation along with his wife and their five children. Egypt is notably not on the travel ban list.

NPR [6/9/2025 5:56 PM, Emily Feng, 37958K] Video: HERE reports the Trump administration said it would begin to "aggressively" revoke visas from Chinese students with connections to China’s ruling Communist Party or who were studying in fields deemed critical.

FOX News [6/9/2025 2:12 PM, Morgan Phillips, 46878K] reports that President Donald Trump will tell immigrants at their naturalization ceremony that American culture is "yours to preserve," according to a new video obtained by Fox News Digital. "Today you receive the greatest gift ever granted by human hands: you become a citizen of the United States of America," Trump says in the video, which will now be played at every naturalization ceremony nationwide. "I welcome you into our national family. No matter where you come from, you now share a home and a heritage with some of the most exceptional heroes, legends and patriots to ever walk the face of the Earth," he continues. "You have it like nobody’s had it before. With this sacred honor comes the highest responsibility. As you know, the American way of life is unique in all the world. And as Americans, we must fiercely guard it and defend it." The president emphasizes traditional values, calling on new citizens to uphold what he describes as the pillars of American society. "In this country, we believe in hard work, a merit system and equality of opportunity. We believe in self-government and the fair, equal and impartial rule of law. And we cherish our liberty and our God-given rights to free speech, the free exercise of religion and the right to keep and bear arms," he says. "This special American culture is now yours to preserve. Your freedoms are now yours to protect."

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Univision [6/9/2025 3:55 PM, Staff, 4992K] reports the city of Doral confirmed the dismissal of several of its employees, following President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend work permits for beneficiaries of humanitarian parole for Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians, and TPS for Venezuela. The Trump administration’s immigration measures continue to impact South Florida, including public institutions like Doral City Hall. The mayor of this city, Christi Fraga, said on the program Al Punto Florida that several city hall employees had already been fired due to this measure, and that companies and businesses in the rest of the city are also being impacted by the suspension of these immigration programs. Both humanitarian parole and TPS for Venezuela are currently in litigation. However, the Supreme Court decided that while there is no final decision in these courts where the disputes are being heard, the benefits for those who had these immigration processes are suspended.

AP [6/9/2025 3:00 PM, Staff, 56000K] reports that an increasing number of US citizens living and working in Australia are choosing to renounce their US citizenship. This trend is influenced by a combination of tax obligations, financial complexities, and personal or ideological factors. For those considering this step, understanding the full process is critical to avoiding steep penalties, including the US Exit Tax. Expatriates must meet specific requirements, complete legal and tax documentation, and appear in person at a US Embassy or Consulate to formally renounce their citizenship. The process includes: Step 1: Ensuring Eligibility. To renounce US citizenship, individuals must already hold another nationality. While Australian citizenship is common, any second citizenship will suffice. Step 2: Avoiding the US Exit Tax. US citizens must be up to date on their last five years of US tax returns to avoid being classified as a “Covered Expatriate.” Those who fall into this category may be subject to the Exit Tax. The exit tax will be applied to the individual’s worldwide assets. People with large Superannuation accounts can often get caught out with Exit tax. Exit tax can often be side-stepped legally by going through a process known as strategic gifting. As always, get professional advice in advance.

Telemundo 48 - Area de la Bahia [6/9/2025 6:45 PM, Staff, 57K] reports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday that undocumented immigrants who have been issued fines for failing to comply with orders to leave the country will have their fines waived if they choose to leave on their own initiative through the CBP Home app. Their statement noted that currently, an irregular migrant can be fined up to $1,000 per day if they do not leave after receiving a final deportation order. An undocumented immigrant may also receive a fine for failing to leave on time after a voluntary departure order. To date, DHS has issued approximately 9,000 penalty notices, totaling nearly $3 billion. That agency has also simplified CBP Home, eliminating certain steps to facilitate the departure of those who wish to leave the country voluntarily. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned those who fail to leave the United States if they are in an irregular situation that they are subject to fines, arrest, deportation, and the inability to return.

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NPR [6/10/2025 12:01 AM, Brian Mann, 37958K] reports that, when Justin Carlyle, 23, began experimenting with drugs a decade ago, he found himself part of a generation of young Americans caught in the devastating wave of harm caused by fentanyl addiction and overdose. "I use fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, yeah, all of it," Carlyle said, speaking to NPR on the streets of Kensington, a working class neighborhood in Philadelphia where dealers sell drugs openly. "I was real young. I was 13 or 14 when I tried cocaine, crack cocaine, for the first time.” As an elevated train rumbled overhead, Carlyle described turning to fentanyl, xylazine and other increasingly toxic street drugs. "I’ve had three overdoses, and two of the times I was definitely Narcaned," he said, referring to a medication, also known as naloxone, that reverses potentially fatal opioid overdoses. Carlyle’s teens and early 20s have been wracked by severe drug use, but the fact that he’s still alive means he’s part of a hopeful new national trend. "What we’re seeing is a massive reduction in [fatal] overdose risk, among Gen Z in particular," said Nabarun Dasgupta, an addiction researcher at the University of North Carolina. "Ages 20 to 29 lowered the risk by 47%, cut it right in half.” This stunning drop in drug deaths among people in the U.S. is being tracked in data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies. The latest available records found fentanyl and other drugs killed more than 31,000 people (see chart) under the age of 35 in 2021. By last year, that number had plummeted to roughly 16,690 fatal overdoses, according to provisional CDC data. The life-saving shift is welcome news for parents like Jon Epstein, who lost his son Cal to fentanyl in 2020. "What has happened with the 20- to 29-year-olds? They beat fentanyl," said Epstein, who works with a national drug awareness group focused on young people called Song for Charlie. To understand the significance of this promising trend, it’s important to recall the terror and devastation wrought by fentanyl among families and communities in the U.S. Beginning around 2014, U.S. officials say Mexican drug cartels began smuggling large quantities of fentanyl into American communities, often disguising the street drug as counterfeit prescription pills resembling OxyContin or Percocet. Over the past decade, drug overdoses among young people surged, killing more than 230,000 people under the age of 35. For many families and whole communities, the losses felt catastrophic. In a study published last month in the journal Pediatrics, researcher Noa Krawczyk at the NYU Grossman School of Public Health found deaths attributed entirely to fentanyl "nearly quadrupled" among people people age 15 to 24 from 2018 through 2022. "In your generation, people used drugs. In my generation people used drugs, we just didn’t use to die as much from them," Krawcyzk said.

Telemundo51 [6/9/2025 3:12 PM, Staff, 177K] reports a man who arrived at Miami International Airport (MIA) on a flight from Colombia was arrested on drug trafficking charges because, according to authorities, he had nearly 3,000 pills in his luggage. Chip Ervin, 46, was arrested for trafficking hydrocodone after arriving in Miami from Medellin on an American Airlines flight, according to an arrest report. According to the report, Ervin was detained for a secondary baggage screening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and found numerous white pills in plastic bottles inside his checked luggage. A total of 2,997 pills later tested positive for hydrocodone and acetaminophen, according to the report. Ervin, a resident of Fayette, Alabama, told investigators he was in Colombia for dental treatment, according to the report. After the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Interdiction Squad took over the investigation, Ervin was arrested. Ervin appeared in court on Sunday, where he was held on $200,000 bail and appointed a public defender.

The AP [6/9/2025 5:52 PM, Ed White, 56000K] reports a Chinese scientist was arrested while arriving in the U.S. at the Detroit airport, the second case in days involving the alleged smuggling of biological material, authorities said Monday. The scientist is accused of shipping biological material months ago to staff at a laboratory at the University of Michigan. The FBI, in a court filing, described it as material related to certain worms and requires a government permit. “The guidelines for importing biological materials into the U.S. for research purposes are stringent, but clear, and actions like this undermine the legitimate work of other visiting scholars,” said John Nowak, who leads field operations at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The scientist was interviewed and arrested Sunday after arriving on a flight from China, where she is pursuing an advanced degree at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. The court filing doesn’t indicate whether the FBI believes the biological material was risky, though U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. said smuggling “threatens our security.” The scientist remains in custody awaiting a bond hearing Wednesday. The New York Post [6/9/2025 4:30 PM, Jennie Taer, 49956K] reports Han is the third Chinese scientist to be charged with smuggling illegal biological materials into Michigan in recent weeks. Upon Han’s arrival to the US, border officers discovered Han sent four packages that "contained biological material related to round worms" from China, according to court documents. The packages, which were sent in both 2024 and 2025, were addressed to individuals associated with a laboratory at the University of Michigan. However, Han lied to officers and said she didn’t send packages to members of the Michigan lab, according to court documents. She also claimed the packages contained plastic cups, rather than petri dishes. When the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations grilled Han, she admitted to shipping the biological materials to the lab from her research as a Ph.D. student from the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in Wuhan, according to court documents. Investigators also discovered that Han deleted the content of her electronic device three days before she landed in the US.

USA Today [6/9/2025 4:12 PM, Zach Wichter, 75552K] reports Apple announced that iOS users will be able to create a digital ID using their passport in Apple Wallet beginning this fall when the new iPhone operating system rolls out. An Apple spokesperson said during the event, "While not a replacement for your physical passport, digital ID can be used for domestic travel and at supported TSA checkpoints. " To be clear, that means even travelers who have a digital passport in their Apple Wallet will still need to present the physical document at customs and border checkpoints when traveling internationally. However, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed that a digital passport will be accepted by TSA officers at security screenings for domestic travel. Apple said it is also refreshing digital boarding passes and improving the travel-centric features of its Wallet app.

CBS News [6/9/2025 2:24 PM, Aliza Chasan, 51860K] reports that travelers who are headed to airports and hoping to use their Costco membership cards in place of Real IDs are out of luck. Travelers need a Real ID — or other acceptable form of identification — for domestic flights and for accessing federal facilities as of May 7. The Transportation Security Administration has warned fliers that the Costco card is not an acceptable alternative. "We love hotdogs & rotisserie chickens as much as the next person but please stop telling people their Costco card counts as a REAL ID because it absolutely does not," the TSA said in a post last week on social media. If you are planning to bring a rotisserie chicken on a flight, whether from Costco or elsewhere, the TSA says that’s OK. "You bet your drumsticks! Cooked or raw, it’s allowed in carry-on or checked bags. Gravy? Keep it under 3.4oz in carry-on," the travel agency said. A TSA spokesperson said the agency issues routine reminders to travelers about which forms of IDs are not accepted at TSA checkpoints, "including warehouse club membership cards.". TSA spokesperson Lorie Dankers told SFGate she hears the rumor about Costco cards every year to 18 months. She said flyers presenting Costco cards to the TSA can create delays at the airport. "Essentially, what the process they’re describing is … let’s say you lost your ID and only had a Costco card in your pocket. That would help establish a baseline identity for you," Dankers told SFGate. "The TSA officer would use that as a starting point to confirm your identity, but they would still have to go through our identity verification process."

ABC News [6/10/2025 2:40 AM, Jon Haworth, 31733K] reports a Michigan man has been arrested after missing his flight to Los Angeles and calling in a fake bomb threat after being made to book another flight, officials said. The incident took place last Thursday at approximately 6:25 a.m. at Detroit Metropolitan Airport when an individual, later identified as 23-year-old John Charles Robinson of Monore, Michigan, "used a cell phone to call into Spirit Airlines and conveyed false information about a bomb threat to Flight 2145 departing from Detroit Metro bound for Los Angeles," according to a statement from United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. from the Eastern District of Michigan United States Attorney’s Office. "During the call, Robinson stated in part, ‘I was calling about 2145… because I have information about that flight,’ and ‘there’s gonna be someone who’s gonna try to blow up the airport,’ and ‘there’s gonna be someone that’s gonna try to blow up that flight, 2145,’" according to the affidavit. "After giving a description of an individual, he then stated: ‘they’re going to be carrying a bomb through the TSA,’ and ‘they’re still threatening to do it, they’re still attempted to do it, they said it’s not going to be able to be detected. Please don’t let that flight board.’". The flight was immediately canceled, officials said and the flight’s passengers and crew were deplaned for safety precautions. "Bomb sniffing dogs and FBI agents were deployed to sweep the airplane, officials said. "No bomb or explosives were found.” Federal agents investigating the bomb threat soon learned that Robinson was booked on Flight 2145 but missed the flight and was told at the gate that he needed to rebook. "FBI agents subsequently arrested Robinson when he returned to the airport to depart on another flight bound for Los Angeles," officials said. After taking Robinson into custody, authorities played back the phone call that was made for him. "Robinson listened to the above-mentioned recording and confirmed he was the one that made the recorded phone call to Spirit Airlines," officials said. "Robinson also stated that the phone number that called the bomb threat in to Spirit Airlines was his phone number (and had been for approximately 6 years), that the target cellular device was his device, and he gave written consent for a search of his device.”

StateScoop [6/9/2025 7:18 PM, Sophia Fox-Sowell, 40K] reports as the Atlantic hurricane season begins, at least one emergency response expert is raising concerns that federal staffing cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration could hinder state and local government coordination and impede public warning systems during natural disasters. Since January, more than 200 employees at FEMA have been cut, and 1,000 employees at NOAA have been laid off as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to downsize the federal government. Some reports suggest that about 2,000 full-time FEMA staff have been terminated or voluntarily left the agency since the start of Trump’s second term. FEMA, housed in the Department of Homeland Security, plays a major role coordinating complex emergency operations involving federal, state and local agencies. NOAA provides vital disaster alerts through the National Weather Service, potentially affecting weather forecasts and climate research. “That’s going to have an impact,” said Ratna Dougherty, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida’s public affairs school. “We don’t know exactly how it’ll play out, but there will definitely be choke points, especially if states and counties don’t know who their new federal contacts are.”

SFGate [6/9/2025 7:00 AM, Julie Brown Davis, 11859K] reports on the afternoon of May 22, a wildfire sparked next to Highway 395 near the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, causing major damage to the reserve’s infrastructure. The Inn Fire took off quickly, fueled by high and erratic winds that caused it to jump across the highway, where flames burned into the reserve. Before nightfall, it had destroyed about half of the boardwalk and interpretative signage inside the park, said Kaytlen Jackson, spokesperson for the Sierra District of California State Parks. It took two weeks for fire crews to contain the 728-acre blaze. Officials are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by the Inn Fire. One home burned down soon after the fire ignited, and flames destroyed vegetation in the Inyo National Forest, burning up toward the mountains. In the state reserve, Jackson said flames burned into protected wetland habitat and around the tufas. But the tufas are undamaged, she noted. Firefighters saved the historic Mono Inn, which has been family-run for more than 100 years.

Reuters [6/9/2025 6:09 AM, Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney, 51390K] reports Southern California Edison’s internal wildfire forecasts underestimated the potential size of the Eaton Canyon fire in Los Angeles by a factor of ten in the days leading up to a deadly conflagration in January, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. The miss suggests potential weaknesses in the utility’s fire modeling capabilities that factored into its response to the January wildfire threats, despite being upgraded with improved computing, datasets and artificial intelligence. At the time, wildfires whipsawed through Los Angeles’ western flank near Santa Monica and Eaton Canyon in the east as they consumed more than 34,000 acres (13,750 hectares) - or some 53 square miles - turning entire neighborhoods to ash. Although no official cause for the Eaton Canyon blaze has been released, numerous lawsuits have claimed SCE’s decision to keep power flowing to some lines and towers in the Altadena area led to the circumstances that triggered it. SCE has said the cause and circumstances around the fire are under investigation and will be for some time, and defended its modeling capabilities. "We are confident with our fire spread modeling and weather forecasting," Raymond Fugere, SCE’s asset intelligence director, told Reuters in an interview. Fugere said SCE’s simulations could have shown higher estimates for acres burned in hard-hit areas. Variations in wind patterns and available fuels in hard-hit areas may not have been fully accounted for in the fire spread modeling, he said. "But overall, we do feel confident with our modeling because it is giving us very actionable information to be able to make decisions," he said.

AP [6/9/2025 5:08 PM, Staff, 56000K] reports Hurricane Barbara continued plowing northwest away from land Monday afternoon after strengthening from a tropical storm earlier in the day. The storm marked the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the storm system will affect portions of the coast of southwestern Mexico during the next few days. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Hurricane Barbara was located about 175 miles (280 kilometers) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 75 mph (120 kph). The storm’s center was moving northwest at 10 mph (17 kph). The Center said Barbara was forecast to weaken around nightfall as it moved closer to the Baja Peninsula. No coastal warnings or watches were in effect Monday morning. But the storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall to coastal areas of Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states, with the possibility of localized flooding.

Reuters [6/9/2025 4:30 PM, Ryan Patrick Jones, 51390K] reports law enforcement agencies are preparing for hundreds of thousands of people to attend a celebration in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary on June 14, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool told a press briefing on Monday. McCool said thousands of agents, officers and specialists will be deployed from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from across the country for security. The FBI and Metropolitan Police Department both told reporters there were no credible threats to the event. Security preparations include 18.5 miles of anti-scale fencing, 17 miles of concrete barriers, 175 magnetometers and officers from federal, state and local agencies standing guard. There will be drones operated by the Secret Service, McCool said. Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department said there will be major impacts to traffic, including road closures, around the National Mall, West Potomac Park and The Ellipse. Officials said they are not currently expecting protests against federal immigration enforcement similar to those in Los Angeles over the weekend. However, McCool said, the Secret Service is tracking nine possible demonstrations, and is ready to respond if they turn violent. Chief Jessica Taylor of the U.S. Park Police, which handles permitting for protest, said it has several permit requests pending. The AP [6/9/2025 5:55 PM, Ashraf Khalil] reports army officials have estimated around 200,000 attendees for the evening military parade, and McCool said he was prepared for "hundreds of thousands" of people. "We have a ton of magnetometers," he said. "If a million people show up, then we’re going to have some lines." A total of 175 magnetometers would be used at security checkpoints controlling access to the daytime birthday festival and the nighttime parade. Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith predicted "major impacts to traffic" and advised attendees to arrive early and consider forgoing cars for the Metro. The military parade has been designated a National Special Security Event — similar to a presidential inauguration or state funeral. That status is reserved for events that draw large crowds and potential mass protests. It calls for an enhanced degree of high-level coordination among D.C. officials, the FBI, Capitol Police and Washington’s National Guard contingent — with the Secret Service taking the lead. Multiple counter-protests of varying sizes are planned for Saturday, with the largest being a mass march to the White House dubbed the No Kings rally. Officials say they are also on alert for signs that the immigration-related clashes between law enforcement and protesters currently roiling Los Angeles would spread. Agent Phillip Bates of the FBI’s Washington Field office, which is tasked with counterterrorism and crisis management, said there were "no credible threats" to the event at the moment.

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USA Today [6/9/2025 5:53 PM, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Josh Meyer, 75552K] reports people attending the Army’s 250th birthday celebration and military parade in the nation’s capital have been warned: Everyone is getting scanned, watch out for drones and leave the emotional support animals home. The event, which will coincide with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people and thousands of federal agents, police officers and other security from across the country, said Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Washington field office. As a precaution, authorities are putting in place 18.5 miles of anti-scale fencing, 17 miles of bike rack concrete barriers and will be flying "multiple" drones overhead to help with surveillance, McCool said. And while everyone will need to be screened before entering, McCool said 175 magnetometers will be in place to keep things moving. McCool and other federal and local officials said they have no intelligence about any possible terrorist threats or the kind of violent protests now rocking Los Angeles that prompted Trump to call in the National Guard. The National Guard already is being mobilized for the event because it has been designated as a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the Department of Homeland Security – the fifth event in Washington to have such a designation this year, including the presidential inauguration. The Secret Service is the helm of the multi-agency effort, in close collaboration with the FBI, Capitol Police, D.C. police and city government – and military officials through the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, which is part of U.S. Northern Command. McCool said he doesn’t expect any trouble from protesters based on the information authorities have on hand.

FOX News [6/9/2025 5:56 AM, Landon Mion, 46878K] reports a boat captain was arrested after the vessel caught fire and injured more than 20 people near City Island in The Bronx over the weekend. Joshua Brito, 33, was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment following the incident that happened on Saturday at around 8 p.m. near the east end of Hart Island, according to WABC. The 22 people on the boat were injured, including one person in critical condition. According to officials, Marine 4, a New York City Fire Department vessel, was doing a routine patrol in the area when the boat on fire was spotted in the Long Island Sound. Marine units pulled three people from the water while 19 others swam to shore on Hart Island before they were transported by Coast Guard, police and fire department units to nearby City Island to receive further medical evaluation at a hospital. "The other 19 folks swam to Hart Island," he continued. "They were just off the east end of Hart Island, and then they were picked up by the NYPD Coast Guard and FDNY boats and transported back over to the docks at the Yacht Club on City Island." Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the fire. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

New York Post [6/9/2025 3:33 PM, Amanda Woods and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, 49956K] reports the captain of a 35-foot boat that burst into flames off the Bronx shoreline over the weekend was charged with drunk driving and released — after giving cops a lame excuse for the boozy blaze that injured nearly two dozen passengers, prosecutors said. Brito pleaded not guilty to three counts of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs following his arrest after the Carver 35 yacht exploded in Bronx waters near Hart Island. Several boats were tied up near the doomed yacht when it burst into flames, leaving 23 people injured — including a 46-year-old man who was in the ICU on Sunday, a relative told The Post. Police said Monday his condition remains unchanged. The passengers swam to Hart Island and were later transported to City Island by the US Coast Guard. The blaze is under investigation. It is unclear if disconnecting the generator could have caused the fire. Police said Brito’s blood alcohol level measured .05 when a test was administered at Jacobi Hospital Medical Center following the incident — above the .04 threshold for operating the boat under the influence.

AP [6/9/2025 4:46 PM, Josh Funk, 51860K] reports that a small plane crashed off the San Diego coast shortly after takeoff, killing all six people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. The twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed at around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, the FAA said. The plane was returning to Phoenix one day after flying out from Arizona, according to the flight tracking website Flightaware.com. The Coast Guard said searchers found a debris field later Sunday about 3 miles (about 5 kilometers) off the coast of Point Loma, a San Diego neighborhood that juts into the Pacific, U.S. Coast Guard officials. The water in the search area is about 200 feet (61 meters) deep. Although the FAA said all six people on board the plane were killed, authorities haven’t identified them. The FAA said the plane is owned by vitamin and nutritional supplement maker Optimal Health Systems. But the company based in Pima, Arizona, said in a statement that it sold the plane to a group of private individuals in 2023, meaning the FAA database could be out of date. However, the company’s founder, Doug Grant, said in the statement that, “We personally know several of the passengers onboard and our sincerest condolences are offered to those affected by the tragedy, all of whom are incredible members of our small community.” The FAA referred questions about the plane’s ownership to the National Transportation Safety Board, which didn’t immediately provide any further details about the crash. The pilot told air traffic controllers that he was struggling to maintain his heading and climb as the plane twice turned towards shore before going back out to sea, according to audio posted by www.LiveATC.net and radar data posted by FlightAware. The controller urged the pilot to climb to 4,000 feet after he reported the plane was only about 1,000 feet in the air. The controller directed the pilot to land at a nearby U.S. naval airport on Coronado Island, but the pilot said he was unable to see the airport. A short time later, the pilot repeatedly signaled the “Mayday” distress call before controllers lost radar contact. A man who was out surfing when the plane crashed told NBC 7 in San Diego that he saw the plane come down at an angle, then climb back into the clouds before diving again and crashing into the water. “The next time he came out of the clouds, he went straight into the water. But after I saw this splash, about six seconds later, it was dead silent. I knew that they went in the water, nose first, at a high speed,” Tyson Wislofsky said. The crash comes weeks after a small Cessna crashed into a San Diego neighborhood in foggy weather and killed six people.

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San Diego Union Tribune [6/9/2025 5:21 PM, Karen Kucher and Teri Figueroa, 1611K] reports a search continued Monday for a small plane carrying six people who are presumed dead after the aircraft plunged into the ocean off Sunset Cliffs Sunday shortly after the pilot reported that he was struggling to control the aircraft. Air traffic radio transmissions indicate the Cessna 414 pilot said he was "just struggling" to maintain altitude after departing San Diego International Airport. Over the next few minutes, the controller advised the pilot he was too low and twice told him that he could land at nearby Naval Air Station North Island. "Mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday!" the pilot responded, according to air traffic radio transmissions recorded on LiveATC.net. It appeared to be his last transmission before the twin-engine aircraft crashed about 5 miles off the coast about 12:30 p.m. San Diego lifeguards found an oil sheen and some debris from the plane Sunday. Authorities flew aircraft above the site and sent several boats to look but have not reported finding any survivors. Coast Guard boats and aircraft, along with San Diego lifeguards, immediately responded after nearby vessels reported seeing "a large splash" off Sunset Cliffs, San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesperson Candace Hadley said. No official information about the plane’s occupants has been released.

Bloomberg [6/9/2025 11:02 AM, Margi Murphy, 19320K] reports that cybersecurity breach at United Natural Foods Inc., the primary distributor for Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods grocery markets, has disrupted deliveries and forced the company’s systems offline. United Natural Foods Inc. has shut some of its systems while it investigates “unauthorized activity” with forensics experts that it noticed on June 5, the Providence, Rhode Island-based company said Monday in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The outage has caused business disruptions including affecting the firm’s ability to fulfill and distribute customer orders, the filing showed. United Natural Foods supplies roughly 250,000 products including frozen foods, perishable and bulk groceries as well as wellness products using 53 centers and warehouses, according to the company. The wholesaler said last year it had entered into an agreement to serve as the primary distributor for Amazon’s Whole Foods markets. In 2018 it completed a $2.9 billion acquisition of the retailer Supervalu. Whole Foods didn’t respond to a request for comment. The breach at UNFI highlighted once again how dependent the world’s grocers have become on tightly knit, digitized supply chains.

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CyberScoop [6/9/2025 12:55 PM, Derek B. Johnson] reports a familiar face is being promoted from within to lead the FBI’s Cyber division. In a LinkedIn post Sunday, Leatherman said that FBI Director Kash Patel had selected him as assistant director and lead official for the FBI’s primary division for investigating cybercrimes. The role is prominent in national security, espionage and counterintelligence investigations. The division “sits at the intersection of law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense — uniquely positioned to impose cost on our cyber adversaries while supporting victims of cybercrime,” Leatherman wrote in his announcement. “Our charge is simple but not easy: make malicious cyber activity unsustainable. That means disrupting criminal and nation-state actors, sharing intelligence that helps victims defend and recover, and shaping the broader operating environment through persistent engagement,” he continued. Leatherman, a 22-year FBI veteran, has been heavily involved in cyber investigations as section chief and deputy assistant director over the past three years, often personally briefing the public and news media on high-profile cases. Leatherman takes over the reins from Bryan Vorndran, who led the bureau’s Cyber Division from 2021 until this past spring when he left the federal government to take a job as Microsoft’s deputy chief information security officer.

AP [6/9/2025 11:36 AM, Jill Lawless, 1611K] reports that NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the military alliance said Monday, warning that Moscow could be ready to attack it within five years. Secretary-General Mark Rutte said during a visit to London that he expects the 32 NATO members to agree to a big hike in military spending at a summit in the Netherlands this month. Speaking at the Chatham House think tank, Rutte said Russia is outpacing the far bigger NATO in producing ammunition, and the alliance must take a "quantum leap" in collective defense. "Wishful thinking will not keep us safe," Rutte said. "We cannot dream away the danger. Hope is not a strategy. So NATO has to become a stronger, fairer and more lethal alliance." Rutte has proposed a target of 3.5% of economic output on military spending and another 1.5% on "defense-related expenditure" such as roads, bridges, airfields and sea ports. He said he is confident the alliance will agree to the target at its summit in The Hague on June 24-25. At the moment, 22 of the 32 members meet or exceed NATO’s current 2% target, which was set in 2014. Rutte said he expects all to reach 2% by the end of this year. The new target would meet a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump that member states spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense. Trump has long questioned the value of NATO and complained that the U.S. provides security to European countries that don’t contribute enough.

New York Times [6/10/2025 4:53 AM, John Yoon and Isabel Kershner, 138952K] reports the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it had taken passengers who were detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship, including the activist Greta Thunberg, to an airport in Tel Aviv for deportation. Israeli forces intercepted the boat, operated by a pro-Palestinian activist group called the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, on Monday. Some of its passengers were expected to leave the airport, Ben Gurion, for their home countries within hours, the ministry said in a statement posted on social media early Tuesday. Any passengers from the ship, called the Madleen, who refused to leave Israel could be brought before a judicial authority to carry out their deportation, the ministry said. Adalah, an Israeli human rights group and legal center that focuses on Palestinian rights, said that four of the activists had agreed to leave Israel but that eight were still being detained and would contest their deportation on Tuesday morning. The group added that its lawyers were traveling to Givon Prison in Ramleh, near Ben Gurion Airport, where the eight volunteers were being held, to represent them at the hearings. A spokeswoman for Israel’s immigration authority, Sabin Hadad, confirmed that four of the activists had waived their right to a hearing and said that the other eight had been transferred to Givon Prison for up to 96 hours. Ms. Thunberg was among the four who left voluntarily. The Foreign Ministry later said that Ms. Thunberg was leaving Israel on a flight to France and posted photographs that appeared to show her on a plane. The ministry later clarified that Sweden, Ms. Thunberg’s home country, was her final destination. A spokeswoman for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Ann Wright, confirmed that Ms. Thunberg was on a plane to Paris and then to Stockholm. The coalition “generally encourages high-profile volunteers to leave as soon as possible to be able to speak directly to the media about their experiences to counter what the Israeli government may be saying,” Ms. Wright said. She added that Ms. Thunberg was expected to land in Sweden about 12 hours after departing Israel. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition leads an international grass-roots campaign that opposes Israel’s longstanding naval blockade of Gaza by sending ships carrying humanitarian aid to the enclave. The Madleen set sail from Sicily this month. Israel vowed to prevent the ship from reaching Gaza, saying that its military would use any means to stop it from breaching the blockade. The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the Madleen had been diverted toward Israeli shores. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said that its activists had been “kidnapped” by the Israeli military.

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Wall Street Journal [6/9/2025 11:53 AM, Austin Ramy and Joyu Wang, 646K] reports a Chinese aircraft carrier is conducting drills hundreds of miles south of Japan’s main island, Japanese officials said Monday, venturing into waters that could be strategically vital in a conflict with the U.S. in the Pacific. The Liaoning, one of China’s two operational aircraft carriers, and at least seven other Chinese navy ships were operating east of Iwo Jima for the first time over the weekend, the Japanese military said. The Japanese island, a small volcanic outcropping that was the site of fierce fighting in World War II, is about 725 miles south of Tokyo. The Chinese drills there are a sign of Beijing’s efforts to enhance its naval capabilities farther from home. China’s other operational aircraft carrier, the Shandong, was also sailing in the region with other warships on Saturday, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry. It was the first time China’s two carriers had operated simultaneously in the western Pacific, Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday. The waters south of Japan would be particularly important in a Chinese military effort to take over Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that Beijing considers its own territory to be seized by force if necessary. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has set military modernization goals including fielding a force that could seize Taiwan by 2027, U.S. officials say. China has intensified its military exercises around the island, including by staging simulated blockades. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said recently that threats to the island from China “could be imminent.” China has the world’s largest navy but is still developing its ability to operate in far-off seas and carry out complicated tasks such as operating aircraft carriers. Japan said its forces were monitoring the Chinese ships. The Japanese military said it saw Chinese jets and helicopters launching off and landing on the Liaoning. “They are trying to enhance the operational capabilities in far territories,” Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said Monday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday that the Chinese warships’ activities were “fully consistent with international law and practice.” He said China pursued a defensive security policy and hoped Japan would “look at it objectively and rationally.”

Bloomberg [6/9/2025 1:33 PM, Daniel Flatley and Catherine Lucey, 19320K] reports trade talks between the US and China stretched on in London, with the US signaling a willingness to remove restrictions on some tech exports in exchange for assurances that China is easing limits on rare earth shipments. The meeting, which began Monday just after 1 p.m. local time, extended into the UK evening and may restart Tuesday if necessary. Bags of food from the upscale eatery Ottolenghi were brought into the building where negotiators were holding discussions. The Trump administration expects that “after the handshake” in London, “any export controls from the US will be eased and the rare earths will be released in volume” by China, Kevin Hassett, head of the White House’s National Economic Council, told CNBC. Hassett’s comments from Washington were the clearest signal yet that the US is willing to offer such a concession, though he added that the US would stop short of including the most sophisticated US chips made by Nvidia Corp. used to power artificial intelligence. Specifically, the Trump administration is prepared to remove a recent spate of measures targeting chip design software, jet engine parts, chemicals and nuclear materials, people familiar with the matter said. Many of those actions were taken in the past few weeks as tensions flared between the US and China. “The very, very high-end Nvidia stuff is not what I’m talking about,” Hassett said, adding that restrictions would not be lifted on the Nvidia H2O chips that are used to train AI services. “I’m talking about possible export controls on other semiconductors which are also very important to them.” The first round of negotiations since the teams met a month ago is aimed at restoring confidence that both are living up to commitments made in Geneva. During those discussions, Washington and Beijing agreed to lower crippling tariffs for 90 days to allow time to hammer out ways to address a trade imbalance that the Trump administration blames on an unfair playing field.

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