Rabbi at Los Angeles anti-ICE protest ‘saddened' to hear Marines are mobilizing
Rabbi Susan Goldberg called the immigration raids 'dehumanizing' during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles. Goldberg said she is demonstrating out of deep compassion and love.June 9, 2025
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The U.S. military will temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles until more National Guard troops can arrive, marking another escalation in President Donald Trump's response to street protests over his aggressive immigration policies. People attend a rally against federal immigration sweeps, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 9, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder
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LA protests: Perfect storm as Trump's mass deportation drive reaches city of immigrants
This weekend, tensions boiled over in the Los Angeles area after a week of immigration sweeps in the region sparked violent protests against the Trump administration and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Donald Trump's decision to send 700 US Marines and 2,000 National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area to support the federal response to the unrest has opened a volatile chapter in his mass deportation location of the raids and subsequent protests – a liberal-leaning city in a state controlled by Democrats – also gave the White House an ideal public foil as it seeks to show progress on removing illegal immigrants and instilling law and Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and prominent critic of the president, wrote on X that the troop deployment was a "deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President".The raids in America's second-biggest city are unfolding against the backdrop of an aggressive push to raise arrest and deportation numbers, as the administration has been disappointed with its current pace. ICE has ramped up its enforcement actions in recent weeks as it faces pressure to show progress on Trump's signature policy agency arrested 2,200 people on 4 June, according to NBC News, a record for a single day. The network reported that hundreds of those arrested were enrolled in a programme known as Alternative to Detention, which allows for the release and monitoring of individuals not deemed an immediate updates from LA protestsLA's unrest in maps and picturesWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the man widely seen as the intellectual architect of the deportation policy, has repeatedly said the White House hopes that ICE can scale up to 3,000 arrests a day, up from 660 or so during the first 100 days of Trump's presidency."President Trump is going to keep pushing to get that number up higher each and every single day," Miller told Fox News in late for much of the first 100 days of the administration, deportations were on par with, and at times below, those recorded during the last year of Joe Biden's White House stopped publishing daily deportation figures early in 2020."I'm not satisfied with the numbers," the administration's border tsar, Tom Homan, told reporters at the White House at the end of May. "We need to increase." Homan added that the Trump administration had "increased the teams a lot" and that "we expect a fast increase in the number of arrests".Several senior ICE officials - including Kenneth Genalo, its top deportation official - have left their roles at the agency in recent months. In February, ICE also moved two top officials overseeing deportations, as well as the agency's acting director, Caleb the time of the more recent reshuffle, the agency characterised the move as organisational realignments that will "help ICE achieve President Trump and the American people's mandate of arresting and deporting illegal aliens and making American communities safe".How LA erupted over a rumourEverything we know about the protestsAnalysis: A political fight Trump is eager to haveThe Department of Homeland Security said in a press release that the immigrants detained in the recent Los Angeles raids included individuals convicted of sex crimes, burglary, and drug related charges, among other offences. Local immigration advocates and community members, however, say that families have been torn apart and nonviolent immigrants a rally on Monday, Los Angeles City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado said that a Friday raid at a warehouse in the Fashion District "was not about public safety, it was a fear driven, state violence designed to silence, to intimidate, to disappear". While opinion polls show that Trump's immigration policies are popular with a majority of Americans, some of his backers have expressed concern about co-founder of Latinas for Trump, for example, Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia, wrote on X that "this is not what we voted for"."I understand the importance of deporting criminal aliens, but what we are witnessing are arbitrary measures to hunt down people who are complying with their immigration hearings - in many cases, with credible fear of persecution claims - all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal," she authorities have conducted more frequent immigration raids across the US, in states that lean both towards Democrats and Republicans. Some Republican-controlled states, like Tennessee, have assisted federal authorities."California was willing to resist," said John Acevedo, an associate dean at Emory Law School, who studies free speech and protests in the of violence and resistance on the streets of Los Angeles gave Trump a catalyst for the deployment of the National Guard. "For his base, it does quite a bit. It shows he's serious, and allows them to show he will use all means necessary to enforce his [immigration] rules," Prof Acevedo in Los Angeles - which calls itself a sanctuary city, meaning it limits co-operation with federal immigration enforcement - did not relish the role they believed the administration had chosen for their city."This is my people, you know, I'm fighting for us," said Maria Gutierrez, a Mexican-American who protested for two days in Paramount, a city in LA County that saw protests after residents spotted ICE agents in the unrest there involved looting and at least one car burning. Authorities used rubber bullets and tear said there are some protesting in LA, including those in the nearby city of Compton, that share a belief that they were protecting the city from immigration enforcement and saw the Trump administration's threats as a challenge. Ms Gutierrez believed undocumented immigrants who commit violent offences should be targeted, but not those who she believes work hard and aspire to a better life."This is our city. We're angry, we know how to protect ourselves and this isn't going to scare us," she the community is not united in support for the protests that have captured national who lives near Paramount, came to the US illegally and later became a citizen, but supports ICE's actions."ICE agents have a job to do, just like you and I," said Juan, who asked the BBC to withhold his last name given the federal operations in the said he worked for years as a day labourer, but gained citizenship and has four children who graduated from college."It's hard," he said. "I have family who don't have papers, too."But you can't really fight it if you're here and you're not supposed to be.""A crime is a crime," he said.
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‘Violence & disorder' with missiles thrown at cops & houses damaged as rioting breaks out in Irish town after protest
RIOTING has broken out in a town in Northern Ireland leading to a significant police presence on the streets to deal with the public disorder. Footage on social media showed armoured police officers carrying plastic shields responding after an anti-immigration protest in Ballymena, Co Antrim. 4 4 The disruption followed a protest of around 2,500 people in the Clonavon Terrace part of the town. The gathering was held after an alleged sexual assault occurred over the weekend. The footage showed people burning plastic road barriers and bins as part of a barricade on the street. Some masked individuals also threw missiles including cans of paint and glass bottles at PSNI vehicles. A line of police vehicles advanced towards the protesters followed by officers on foot. Firefighters later responded to the burning debris on the road and inspected a nearby house which had filled with smoke. Other footage appeared to show some protesters targeting houses by smashing windows. In a statement, the PSNI said: 'A number of missiles have been thrown towards police with damage reported to a number of properties. 'Officers are advising motorists and pedestrians to avoid the Clonavon Road area until further notice.' The statement added: 'Officers are in attendance to ensure the safety of everyone involved. They will remain in the area tonight to continue to monitor the situation.' Chief Superintendent Sue Steen said: 'We are urging everyone to remain calm and to act responsibly. Violence and disorder will only place people at greater risk. 'Our priority is to keep the community safe, and I would appeal to everyone to work with us to bring calm to the area as quickly as possible.' The PSNI asked anyone with information to contact them on 101 or make a report online via Alternatively, information can be provided to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at 4
