June 2025 Los Angeles protests

June 2025 Los Angeles protests
June 2025 Los Angeles protests
Part of 2025 United States protests against mass deportation, and protests against Donald Trump during the protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
	California National Guard and protestors on June 9
Date	June 6, 2025 – present; (2 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Caused by	Deportation in the second presidency of Donald Trump
Methods	Demonstrations; Civil disobedience; Civil unrest; Civil resistance; Arson; Looting; Rioting; Traffic obstruction; Barricades; Internet activism;
Status	Ongoing; State of emergency declared in Los Angeles County; Federal forces enter Los Angeles and adjacent communities;
Parties
Protesters Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; Unión del Barrio; Community Self-Defense Coalition; Centro CSO; Service Employees International Union; Party for Socialism and Liberation; 50501 movement; Unaffiliated individuals; ; ;	United States federal government Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; ; Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; ; Department of Defense United States Northern Command Joint Task Force 51 California National Guard (federalized) 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; ; United States Marine Corps Camp Pendleton garrison; ; ; ; ; ; ; California state government Los Angeles Police Department; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Ventura County Sheriff's Office; California Highway Patrol; Santa Paula Police Department; ; ;
Number
1,000+ protesters (per ICE) (June 6)	4,100 California National Guard troops; 700 Marines; Unknown number of local, county, state, and federal police
Casualties and losses
At least 3 injured; > 575 arrested	At least 17 people injured; 5 horses injured
	At least 7 journalists injured by the LAPD

On June 6, 2025, protests erupted in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided several city locations to arrest individuals allegedly involved in illegal immigration to the United States. Some protests turned into riots after protestors clashed with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and ICE, but most remained peaceful and occurred within a roughly five-block stretch of downtown Los Angeles.

On June 7, protestors and federal law enforcement agents clashed in Paramount and Compton during raids. President Donald Trump responded by federalizing the California National Guard, calling for 2,000 guard members to deploy to the city under Joint Task Force 51. Protests have been organized and attended by multiple groups and unaffiliated protestors. On June 9, the president authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members, and the Pentagon activated 700 Marines to deploy to the city, who arrived the next day. Critics, including California governor Gavin Newsom (who has sued Trump over the federalization), described the military response as premature, inflammatory, for political gain, and authoritarian, creating debate about military response to protest versus controlling protest with police. A number of demonstrators have been arrested and multiple law enforcement officers and protesters have been injured.

The anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles have inspired additional anti-ICE protests in other U.S. cities, such as New York, Chicago, and Dallas.