Trump takes action against 'orchestrated attack' on law enforcement by deploying Marines to LA: assemblyman

Immigration enforcement efforts successful Los Angeles served arsenic the ignition constituent implicit the weekend, arsenic coordinated ICE raids crossed the metropolis sparked convulsive clashes with instrumentality enforcement, starring to the accomplishment of subject forces.

The Trump administration's crackdown culminated successful the president's decisive enactment Monday to deploy a battalion of hundreds of U.S. Marines to respond to anti-immigration enforcement riots, Fox News has learned.

"Approximately 700 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division volition seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces nether Task Force 51 who are protecting national unit and national spot successful the greater Los Angeles area," U.S. Northern Command said successful a statement.

Assemblyman David Tangipa, R-Calif., called the protests an "orchestrated attack."

CALIFORNIA LT. GOVERNOR SAYS LOS ANGELES RIOTS ARE 'GENERATED BY DONALD TRUMP'

"Law enforcement is nether convulsive assault—pelted with bricks and weapons by rioters," helium told Fox News Digital. "This isn’t peaceful protest, it’s an orchestrated attack. Organizers aren’t conscionable enabling it—they’re inciting it. Now, adjacent the Marines are being deployed to reconstruct order."

"Violence indispensable beryllium condemned and stopped earlier much lives are enactment astatine risk."

President Donald Trump described the demonstrators arsenic "violent, insurrectionist mobs" and praised the 2,000 National Guard troops for their relation successful restoring bid aft hoards of protesters clashed with instrumentality enforcement successful Los Angeles.

Here is simply a timeline of cardinal events surrounding the migration enforcement actions and ensuing protests successful Los Angeles:

Friday, June 6:

Federal migration enforcement efforts successful Los Angeles began connected Friday, June 6, with coordinated ICE raids crossed the metropolis targeting migrants. These operations, which resulted successful much than 100 arrests, focused connected known areas of unlawful employment and activity, including the Fashion District and commercialized hubs.

Among those arrested was 49-year-old Cuong Chanh Phan, an illegal immigrant from Vietnam with a transgression past that includes a condemnation for second-degree murder. Phan was convicted of shooting up a precocious schoolhouse graduation enactment aft a dispute, sidesplitting an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old. Seven others were injured successful the incident, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

One antheral has already been sent backmost to Mexico aft being picked up astatine a Home Depot connected Friday morning. During the demonstrations, David Huerta, president of SEIU California, a labour union, was arrested and charged with impeding a national cause portion protesting.

Police detain a protester blocking the store entranceway of the Los Angeles Federal Building pursuing aggregate detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 6, 2025. (Daniel Cole/Reuters)

Saturday, June 7:

Trump deployed California National Guard troops to Los Angeles connected Saturday pursuing the chaotic standoff betwixt protesters and national migration authorities. Photos from the country successful California captured protesters blocking streets, throwing bricks astatine instrumentality enforcement and mounting cars ablaze.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom requested the medication to rescind the deployment, saying Trump is trying "to manufacture a crisis" and that the president is "hoping for chaos truthful helium tin warrant much crackdowns, much fear, much control."

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt criticized California's Democratic leadership, stating they had "completely abdicated their work to support their citizens." 

She declared that the Trump medication maintains a zero-tolerance argumentation for transgression behaviour and violence, particularly erstwhile directed astatine instrumentality enforcement officers, and that specified individuals "will beryllium arrested and swiftly brought to justice."

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Protesters fell down barricades arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers sprout little lethal projectiles astatine them connected June 8, 2025 successful Downtown Los Angeles. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

DHS released a connection connected Saturday noting it took the LAPD 2 hours to respond to the Roybal Federal Building, contempt aggregate calls.

"Last night, implicit 1,000 rioters surrounded a national instrumentality enforcement building and assaulted ICE instrumentality enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer-funded property," according to DHS. "Our ICE enforcement officers are facing a 413% summation successful assaults against them. Disturbingly, successful caller days, ICE officers’ household members person been dox[x]ed and targeted arsenic well."

Newsom, meanwhile, powerfully condemned President Trump's determination to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without authorities consent, labeling the determination arsenic "purposefully inflammatory."

"California – Don’t springiness Donald Trump what helium wants," Newsom wrote successful a X post. "Speak up. Stay peaceful. Stay calm. Do not usage unit and respect the instrumentality enforcement officers that are trying their champion to support the peace."

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Protesters clasp up flags during protests aft a bid of migration raids connected June 8, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Sunday, June 8:

On Sunday, rioters gathered downtown, including adjacent the Metropolitan Detention Center, to protestation ongoing migration enforcement and the accomplishment of National Guard personnel. 

Law enforcement agencies, including the LAPD and National Guard troops, employed crowd-control measures specified arsenic teardrop gas, capsicum spray and rubber bullets to disperse protesters.

Newsom arrived successful Los Angeles connected Sunday evening to oversee the effect to the anti-ICE riots and conscionable with authorities exigency officials.

"We’re present to support the bid — not play into Trump’s governmental games," Newsom wrote.

WATCH: DESTRUCTION TO LAPD HQ

Rioters were seen targeting the LAPD office connected Sunday nighttime arsenic convulsive demonstrations continued. 

The LAPD declared an "unlawful assembly" Sunday evening arsenic protesters failed to disperse successful the downtown area.

"Agitators person splintered into and done retired [sic] the Downtown Area," the LAPD's Central Division wrote connected X. "Residents, businesses and visitors to the Downtown Area should beryllium alert and study immoderate transgression activity. Officers are responding to respective antithetic locations to disperse crowds."

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Other video footage from the play shows protesters spitting connected the American emblem and mounting it connected fire portion chanting "F Trump," mounting occurrence to vehicles and throwing objects and fireworks astatine police.

Demonstrators protestation extracurricular a downtown jailhouse successful Los Angeles pursuing 2 days of clashes with constabulary during a bid of migration raids connected June 8, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Monday, June 9:

DHS connected Monday called connected California’s politicians to "call disconnected their rioting mob," asking wherefore Newsom was supporting what the section called "foreign criminals."

The station included a video that shows a masked, shirtless antheral holding a Mexican emblem portion lasting connected apical of a conveyance covered successful graffiti. A 2nd conveyance is seen burning successful the mediate of a thoroughfare arsenic crowds of radical gathered nearby.

Newsom continued to spar with Trump implicit the riots erupting successful Los Angeles, calling the president "unhinged" connected Monday. Newsom has peppered Trump with criticisms implicit federalizing the National Guard successful a bid of posts connected X.

"We’re suing him," Newsom added. 

WATCH:

On Monday afternoon, Fox News learned that hundreds of Marines were mobilizing successful Los Angeles. They volition beryllium tasked with protecting national spot and national personnel, according to a elder defence official, and the deployment is open-ended. 

The Marines volition not beryllium carrying retired a instrumentality enforcement role, but it Is unclear what their usage of unit rules are if protesters propulsion things oregon spit astatine them. 

The Marines are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines astatine Twentynine Palms, California. 

Moments earlier the deployment, Trump expressed optimism that the concern successful Los Angeles was improving. 

"I mean, I deliberation we person it precise good nether control," helium told reporters. "I deliberation it would person been a precise atrocious situation. It was heading successful the incorrect direction. It's present heading successful the close direction."

Newsom expressed his outrage astatine the anticipation of the beingness of Marines, penning connected X, "U.S. Marines person served honorably crossed aggregate wars successful defence of democracy. They are heroes. They shouldn't beryllium deployed connected American ungraded facing their ain countrymen to fulfill the deranged phantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American."

Smoke rises from a burning car connected Atlantic Boulevard during a standoff betwixt protesters and instrumentality enforcement, pursuing aggregate detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful the Los Angeles County metropolis of Paramount, California, connected June 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Barbara Davidson)

The California politician initially said that the accusation they person is that Marines are not being deployed, but moving "from 1 basal to different base."

"From our understanding, this is moving Marines from 1 basal to different base," Newsom wrote successful a connection connected X. "At this time, the accusation we person is that Marines are not being deployed (there is simply a quality betwixt that and being mobilized)," helium continued.

"The level of escalation is wholly unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented — mobilizing the champion successful people subdivision of the U.S. subject against its ain citizens," Newsom said.

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Fox News' Jennifer Griffin, Greg Wehner, Stepheny Price and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.