President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of members of the California National Guard on Sunday following three days of protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids.Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out three immigration raids in Los Angeles on Friday. In a post on X, the agency said it had arrested 118 immigrants during operations in the city.Following those operations, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Federal Building Friday calling for an end to the raids. Intense protests continued over the weekend and broke out in other cities like Paramount and Compton. By Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested 29 individuals, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said.As protests continued, Trump threatened to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops. By Saturday evening, he signed a memo federalizing 2,000 National Guard troops for 60 days despite the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Around 300 members of the National Guard took positions in three different sites around the city Sunday morning.Protests continued despite the presence of troops. By the afternoon, protesters blocked traffic on U.S. Highway 101.An additional 27 individuals were arrested Sunday, bringing the total number of arrests to at least 55, according to McDonnell. On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for federalizing the California National Guard. The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor鈥檚 permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of members of the California National Guard on Sunday following three days of protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out three immigration raids in Los Angeles on Friday. In a , the agency said it had arrested 118 immigrants during operations in the city.
Following those operations, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Federal Building Friday calling for an end to the raids. Intense protests continued over the weekend and broke out in other cities like Paramount and Compton.
By Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested 29 individuals, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said.
As protests continued, Trump threatened to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops. By Saturday evening, he signed a federalizing 2,000 National Guard troops for 60 days despite the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Around 300 members of the National Guard took positions in three different sites around the city Sunday morning.
Protests continued despite the presence of troops. By the afternoon, protesters blocked traffic on U.S. Highway 101.
An additional 27 individuals were arrested Sunday, bringing the total number of arrests to at least 55, according to.
On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a against the Trump administration for federalizing the California National Guard.
The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor鈥檚 permission was in sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama.
