National Guard deployed to LA immigration protests
A car burns on Atlantic Boulevard during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, U.S., June 7, 2025. (Reuters: Barbara Davidson)
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5 hours ago
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National Guard deployed to LA immigration protests
A car burns on Atlantic Boulevard during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, U.S., June 7, 2025. (Reuters: Barbara Davidson)
ABC News
6 hours ago
- ABC News
Why riots erupted in Los Angeles after ICE raids, and what happened next
Los Angeles is experiencing its second day of significant riots, with the National Guard being called in on Saturday night, local time. Here's a quick guide to what is going on: Everything began on Friday when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers executed search warrants at multiple locations, including outside a clothing warehouse in the city's fashion district. A judge had found probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the US Attorney's Office. A tense scene unfolded outside as a crowd tried to block agents from driving away. Advocates for immigrants' rights said there were also migration detentions outside Home Depot stores and a doughnut shop. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the ICE operations in Los Angeles resulted in the arrest of 118 immigrants, including five people linked to criminal organisations and people with prior criminal histories. The president of Service Employees International Union California, David Huerta, was arrested and charged with impeding a federal agent while protesting, the US Attorney's office said. The chief program officer for the Immigrant Defenders Law Centre said the organisation was aware of one man who was already deported back to Mexico. Dozens of protesters gathered on Friday evening outside a federal detention centre in Los Angeles where lawyers said those arrested had been taken, chanting "set them free, let them stay!" Other protesters held signs that said, "ICE out of LA!" while others led chants and shouted from megaphones. Some scrawled graffiti on the building's facade. Officers holding protective shields stood shoulder to shoulder to block an entrance. Some tossed tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. Officers wearing helmets and holding batons forced the protesters away from the building by forming a line and walking slowly down the street. Protests continued on Saturday. Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stood guard outside an industrial park in the city of Paramount, deploying tear gas as bystanders and protesters gathered on medians and across the street. Some jeered at officers while recording the events on smartphones. "ICE out of Paramount. We see you for what you are," a woman said through a megaphone. One handheld sign read, "No Human Being is Illegal." Smoke rose from burning shrubbery and rubbish in the street, and demonstrators kicked at a Border Patrol vehicle. A boulevard was closed to traffic as Border Patrol agents circulated through a community where more than 80 per cent of residents identify themselves as Latino. The California Highway Patrol said Governor Gavin Newsom had directed the agency to deploy additional officers to "maintain public safety" on state highways and roads and the agency will work to "keep the peace." Acting director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement department, more commonly known as the border czar, Tom Homan told Fox News on Saturday night the National Guard would be deployed in Los Angeles. US President Donald Trump said he would send 2,000 California National Guard troops to the protests. The National Guard is a state-based military force that is part of the military reserves. Typically, they are deployed on state-based missions during natural disasters. California Governor Gavin Newsom called the decision "purposefully inflammatory." Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social: "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!!!" Either the state governor or the president or the secretary of Defense can deploy the National Guard. Mr Newson has the primary authority to deploy the guard on a state level, under state active duty or Title 32 status, where the state would bear the cost. An example of this was during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The guard would typically be deployed by the president or defence secretary for national emergencies, homeland defence, or federal missions under Title 10, where they take on the cost. However, they can also control the guard under the 1807 Insurrection Act when a state is unable to manage civil unrest, which former president George HW Bush did during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Yes. Mr Trump and his administration have promised mass deportations across the country. The White House set a goal for ICE to arrest at least 3,000 immigrants a day. Mr Trump is also trying to remove birthright citizenship, which allows most residents born in the US the right to citizenship, including the children of undocumented immigrants. On top of that, Mr Trump is working to suspend habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge their detention by the government. One man has already been wrongly sent to detention in El Salvador, while an Australian woman was denied entry into the US despite having a valid tourist visa. ABC/Wires
News.com.au
7 hours ago
- News.com.au
Aussie ‘alien', hacker David Kee Crees arrested by US officials
US immigration officers have arrested an Australian 'hacker' known as DR32, who this year pleaded guilty to more than a dozen charges related to computer fraud in an American federal court. Adelaide man David Kee Crees, 26, was sprung by undercover US Homeland Security officers who offered him money in exchange for targeted hacking and theft. A South Australian court granted his extradition to Colorado in 2022 to face a 22-count indictment, although Crees did not make his first appearance until early 2024. He pleaded guilty to 14 charges in January — tied to his activities between June 2020 and July 2021 — and was last month sentenced to time served, according to local media reports. Now the notorious US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have released an image of a handcuffed Crees in the custody of its officers, with the caption 'fraudster arrested'. 'HSI Denver special agents arrested David Kee Crees, 26, an Australian national with a rap sheet that includes: Multiple convictions for computer fraud, pending charges for money laundering, pending charges for ID fraud. 'He will remain in ICE custody pending removal to Australia. 'America is NOT a safe haven for international fraudsters. Another one off our streets.' On the ICE Instagram page, the agency called Crees an 'Australian alien' and said he was arrested 'because he has multiple computer fraud convictions'. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been contacted for comment. a site that tracks online security issues, reported Crees was released on supervision for one year after his sentencing in court and was ordered to forfeit $245,000 to the US government. Crees has previously been tied to a pseudonym, Abdilo, suspected of involvement in major hacking events in Australia, including the breach of hundreds of thousands of Aussie Travel Cover clients in 2015. No charges were laid against Crees in Australia. The Adelaide Advertiser reported in 2023 that Crees' interest in biohacking had caused issues for prison staff while he was being held ahead of his extradition. The Collinswood man had microchips embedded in his hands, which reportedly set off metal detectors in the jail. ICE has been tasked by US President Donald Trump with deporting people the administration claims were in the country illegally. Its hard line tactics have proved controversial in America, and have drawn widespread condemnation, including in the form of wild protests in Los Angeles and New York this weekend.
