Chuck Darwin<p>The Trump administration will deploy the <a href="https://c.im/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/guard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guard</span></a> to<br> immigration protests in Los Angeles, <br>border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday, <br>as an <a href="https://c.im/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown in the area erupted into <br>mass <a href="https://c.im/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <br>with police in riot gear deploying <a href="https://c.im/tags/teargas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teargas</span></a> at bystanders.</p><p>“We’re already mobilizing. <br>We’re gonna bring national guard in tonight and we’re gonna continue doing our job. <br>This is about enforcing the law,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News.</p><p>US immigration authorities on Saturday extended area raids into Paramount, south-east of Los Angeles, <br>and were met with more protests outside an industrial park.</p><p>Border patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stood guard outside the park, deploying <a href="https://c.im/tags/teargas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teargas</span></a> <br>as bystanders and protesters gathered on medians and across the street, <br>some jeering at authorities while recording the event on smartphones.</p><p>“Ice out of Paramount. We see you for what you are,” a woman announced through a megaphone. <br>“You are not welcome here.”</p><p>One handheld sign said: <br>“No Human Being is Illegal.”</p><p>Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against the protesters on Saturday, saying: <br>“A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @Icegov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”</p><p>During Friday’s protests at a federal detention facility in downtown LA, <br>⭐️David Huerta, the president of the California branch of the Service Employees International Union, <br>was arrested amid a police response that included teargas and flash-bangs.</p><p>Huerta, who was injured and detained, released a statement to the Los Angeles Times from the hospital, saying: <br>“What happened to me is not about me. This is about something much bigger.”</p><p>“This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that’s happening. <br>Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals. </p><p>We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice,” he added.</p><p>“We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate Ice raids <br>that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, <br>and hurting all working people,” <br>Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, said.</p><p>On Friday, California governor Gavin Newsom said: <br>“Continued chaotic federal sweeps, across California, <br>to meet an arbitrary arrest quota <br>are as reckless as they are cruel. </p><p>Donald Trump’s chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that power America’s economy.”</p><p>Newsom also condemned Huerta’s arrest, saying: <br>“David Huerta is a respected leader, a patriot, and an advocate for working people. <br>No one should ever be harmed for witnessing government action.”<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/immigration-raids-los-angeles?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/07/immigration-raids-los-angeles?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>