- NATIONAL MOVEMENT: Thousands of people have rallied at demonstrations nationwide to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. Hundreds have been arrested or detained in several cities, including Seattle, New York City and Chicago. More rallies are expected tomorrow.
- TROOPS IN TEXAS AND L.A.: President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the deployment of about 700 Marines and more than 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said today he has deployed more than 5,000 National Guard troops to quell protests in the state.
- HOW WE GOT HERE: Protests erupted after ICE officers carried out raids last Friday in three locations across Los Angeles, where dozens of people were taken into custody. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the raids "chaotic federal sweeps" that aimed to fill an "arbitrary arrest quota."
- FEDS VS. CALIFORNIA: A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Trump administration can maintain control of thousands of National Guard troops in California and continue to deploy them in Los Angeles. The ruling paused a lower court ruling that determined Trump’s federalization of the Guard members was unlawful.
Texas restaurant gives away food after owner, employees detained
A restaurant operating in Harlingen, Texas, for 12 years was left without a large portion of its staff after a raid Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
El Control Mexican Restaurant closed its doors and gave away its food after ICE agents took away the owner, family members and two employees, Sheyla Gómez, daughter of the owner, told Telemundo 40 in McAllen.
Gomez said that the experience was devastating not only for the restaurant but also for her family. “They took my mother, my stepfather, my older sister, and they took two workers,” she added.
With her family in custody, Sheila was left in charge of the restaurant and her younger sisters. She said she has had trouble finding people willing to fill the jobs needed to keep the restaurant going, including people with legal status.
Despite community support, Sheila said she is worried about her family’s long-term future in Harlingen.
“It’s something I see as difficult for my family to be together again. It’s something that might not happen. I’m getting used to the idea that maybe we’ll have to close down here,” Sheyla said in Spanish. “They’re taking the wrong people, people who are doing something for this country.”
L.A. man charged after handing out face shields is ordered released on bond
Reporting from Los Angeles
A federal judge ordered Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, released on $5,000 bond a day after FBI agents arrested him on suspicion of protecting protesters by providing face shields earlier this week.
He was also ordered to not come within 100 yards of federal agents or buildings except for court appearances and meetings with his lawyer.
He was charged yesterday with two felonies — conspiracy to commit civil disorders and aiding and abetting civil disorders — according to the federal criminal complaint.
According to the affidavit, Orellana was seen Monday driving a truck to a protest and helping distribute the shields after law enforcement officers declared an unlawful assembly.
His case has galvanized local protesters who have rallied around the East L.A. resident and have already held demonstrations yesterday and today calling for his immediate release. But Orellana has also drawn the attention of Alex Jones, who has posted unsubstantiated rumors about Orellana's political leanings.
"What happened to Alejandro is much greater," Centro CSO, an East L.A grassroots organization, said in a social media post. "It is a direct attack on all of us who believe in the fundamental right to stand up for freedom."
U.S. Marines detain man outside L.A. federal building
Video from news agency Reuters today shows a man being detained outside the Westwood Federal Building in Los Angeles.
According to U.S. Army North, under which the Marines are serving as part of Task Force 51, the man walked through a U.S. National Guard security checkpoint where visitors are being stopped and screened.
The man was approached by a Marine who stepped over a handrail and rushed toward him with a hand on his weapon, the video shows. It cuts to the man on his side on the ground with his hands restrained in back and soon being helped up as another Marine stands by.
Reuters said it was the first detention by a U.S. Marine during the deployment for area protests over immigration enforcement. It's not clear why the man was detained.
U.S. Northern Command confirmed the detention by U.S. Marines, saying it was temporary and justified under the assignment to protect federal assets, which include the property formally known as the 11000 Wilshire Federal Building. A spokesperson said the man was immediately transferred to the custody of local law enforcement, as allowed.
"Title 10 forces may temporarily detain an individual in specific circumstances," U.S. Northern Command said in its statement. "The temporary detention ends immediately when the individual(s) can be safely transferred to the custody of appropriate civilian law enforcement personnel."
Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who oversees 4,700 troops in California, has said the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities.
Iranian grad student faces decision about future after travel ban
President Trump’s travel ban has left tens of thousands of international students in limbo, including Iranian graduate student Nazanin Hashemian, who fears she may never reunite with her husband and children.
Barred from bringing her daughters to the U.S. and uncertain if she’ll be allowed to stay, she says the ban has turned her life upside down.
Marines positioned outside federal building in L.A.
Reporting from Los Angeles
Marines are stationed around the Wilshire Federal Building in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported.
Starting today, nearly 200 troops will protect the property and its personnel after undergoing civil disturbance training.
Several Marines and members of the California National Guard were seen this afternoon guarding an entrance to the campus while standing next to a tactical vehicle.
Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51, who is overseeing the 4,700 troops in California, has said the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities during their deployment.
Curfew in place through the weekend, LAPD chief says
A curfew that began Tuesday in Los Angeles will be extended through the weekend, the city’s police chief said today.
The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said the department has seen fluctuations in arrests, with Sunday and Monday surpassing 200 arrests per day.
“We’re asking everyone who plans to participate in Saturday’s event to do so peacefully and respectfully,” he said. “Help us to ensure that the focus remains on the message and not on mayhem.”
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said his department is aware of 30 “No Kings” protests planned for the county this weekend. California Highway Patrol officers will remain on “tactical alert,” indicating that all days off have been canceled, the agency’s deputy chief told reporters.
ATF says it’s taking the lead in Waymo arson investigation
Reporting from San Francisco
The burning of Waymo cars in Los Angeles is now the subject of a federal investigation.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said today that it had deployed a national team to investigate the alleged arson of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles Sunday, along with other fires amid the street protests.
Five Waymo robotaxis were set ablaze in downtown Los Angeles during the Trump protests. Images and video of the burning cars quickly went viral online, even though most demonstrators were peaceful.
“The cause of these fires is quite obvious,” ATF Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Cooper of the Los Angeles Field Division said in a statement.
“The task at hand now is to determine who is responsible. ATF’s National Response Team is going to be a tremendous asset, and we look forward to the results of their efforts to hold the responsible parties accountable,” he said.
Waymo, a spinoff of Google, says it operates about 1,500 robotaxis in four regions: Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Austin, Texas, with plans to add more cities this year.
LULAC addresses Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed from news conference
Roman Palomares, the national chief of staff for LULAC, urged all Americans “to demand justice” after Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference held yesterday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.
“We ask Congress to launch an immediate investigation into the practices by the Department of Homeland Security,” he said at a news conference today.
“Our position is, if the administration violates the Constitution or if it violates a law that’s on the books, we’re going to speak up, and in some cases, we will file a lawsuit, because we’ve got to protect those rights,” he said.
He also discussed the ICE raids happening across the country.
“We are witnessing the breakdown of constitutional protections. LULAC is gravely concerned that the federal agencies are now acting without legal authorities and accountability, public transparency or respect for the Constitution, due process, equal protection and freedom of speech are being erased in real time,” he said.
Immigrant rights organizers and labor unions launch 30-day rapid response
Immigrant rights organizations and labor unions are launching a coordinated 30-day rapid response to resist mass deportations.
"Summer of Resistance: Hope in Action, Strength in Unity" demands the immediate end of the deportations and will involve "nonviolent tactics such as fasting, prayer, art, Know Your Rights teach-ins to uplift the voices of the most impacted."
"A series of peaceful actions will send a clear message: Los Angeles will not stand by while our families and neighbors are targeted and torn apart," a news release states.
LAPD says nearly 50 arrested within last 24 hours
The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that nearly 50 people were arrested in connection with criminal activity in the city's downtown yesterday and early this morning.
The majority of the arrests were in connection with failing to disperse, the LAPD said. Thirteen of the arrests were in connection with curfew violation. The others were in connection with resisting a police officer, pointing a laser at an airship, and for a robbery warrant following a detention for curfew.
'We will kill you': Florida sheriff threatens violent protesters
Florida's Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey issued a harsh warning to protesters ahead of expected demonstrations, saying anyone who throws a brick, a firebomb, or points a gun at deputies will be killed "graveyard dead."
Thousands of protests planned for Saturday across U.S.
Event organizers said thousands of “No Kings” protests will be held across the country tomorrow, including in Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York City, Minneapolis and Houston. Millions of people are expected to attend.
Women's March is organizing what it says will be "the biggest protest circus in the country" to counter the military parade in Washington, D.C.
"Tomorrow, we take the streets with creativity, courage, and chaos to call out the real clowns in power," the group said in a Facebook post.
Events will be held across the country, with the flagship rally taking place in Madison, Wisconsin.
Later today, Service Employees International Union Local 721, which represents 100,000 Southern California employees, will kick off its Summer of Resistance. The union said it will be 30 days of "nonviolent action to protect our families and fight back against mass deportations."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's wife shares message from jailed husband
The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was sent to a prison in El Salvador in what was initially described as an "administrative error" in March and returned to the United States last week, shared a message from her jailed husband.
"'To all the families still fighting to be reunited after a family separation, or if you too are in the detention, Kilmar wants you to have faith' he said," Jennifer Vasquez Sura said. "'These dark times are where we’re facing all the tribulations that God has put in our path. But keep praying and keep fighting that the light will always come, will come soon for all of us, and you too will be able to see your family again."
Sura was speaking at a press conference ahead of her husband's arraignment in connection with charges of human smuggling.
Trump administration can keep control of National Guard troops, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled late yesterday that the Trump administration can continue to deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles, pausing a lower court ruling that had temporarily halted the deployment.
The ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps in place the president's plan of sending at least 4,000 California National Guard troops and several hundred Marines pending further litigation.
The appeals court will hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday.
Judge will hear arguments on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's potential release
Later this morning, a federal judge will hear arguments for whether Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland resident who was sent to a prison in El Salvador in what it initially described as an "administrative error," and returned to the United States last week, must remain in U.S. custody as he fights human smuggling charges.
After months of resisting to facilitate his court-ordered return, the Trump administration had Abrego Garcia sent back to the U.S.
Authorities charged him with one count of conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gain and one count of unlawful transportation of illegal aliens for monetary gain.
Abrego Garcia, 29, is being held in custody in Tennessee.