Trump Deploys National Guard Troops in Los Angeles as Anti-ICE Riots Escalate

California is treasonously being led adrift of law and order, and now the National Guard has been deployed to Los Angeles County to quell violent anti-ICE protests which erupted in response to lawful immigration enforcement operations.

This from slaynews.com.

According to President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan:

[T]he federal government was forced to step in as local and state leaders failed to control the situation.

The message being sent:

Rioting will not be tolerated—There will be no repeat of 2020.

Tear gas was deployed near a Home Depot in Paramount, California, on Saturday, following what officials described as an alleged ICE raid.

The chaos that followed was swift and violent.

Federal agents came under direct assault. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks confirmed multiple arrests for assault on federal agents, while footage showed rocks and concrete smashing into ICE vehicles.

One agent suffered a bloody hand injury after a rock shattered a windshield—a clear escalation from protest to potentially lethal violence.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump spoke with authority, calling out California’s failed leadership:

If Governor Favin 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!!!

California Governor Gavin Newsom responded by accusing the federal government of “sowing chaos,” even as he admitted to deploying additional California Highway Patrol troopers, though he emphasized they would not assist in immigration enforcement.

Denying there was any unmet need despite federal officers being attacked in broad daylight, Newsom wrote:

That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

Vice President J.D. Vance cut through the political posturing and addressed the heart of the crisis:

Now we have foreign nationals with no legal right to be in the country waving foreign flags and assaulting law enforcement. If only we had a good word for that…

According to DHS, ICE operations in Los Angeles this week resulted in the arrest of 118 illegal aliens, including five gang members and individuals previously convicted of drug trafficking, child cruelty, domestic violence, and alien smuggling.

Nationwide, 2,000 arrests were made.

Meanwhile, the violence on the ground told its own story.

A Fox LA reporter shared footage of the outlet’s SUV, spray-painted with “F*** ICE,” windows smashed, tires slashed, and personal belongings stolen.

Media vehicles were not the only ones targeted, as nearby properties were reportedly vandalized and looted.

Mayor Karen Bass was slow to respond, but eventually posted: “violence and destruction are unacceptable.”

Federal officials were far more resolute. Chief Banks declared:

ANY attack on our agents or officers will not be tolerated.

You will not stop us or slow us down… You will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed the agency is using investigative tools to identify violent agitators, stating plainly:

I strongly suggest you turn yourself in, it’s only a matter of time.

This violent upheaval occurred less than 24 hours after over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building, again targeting ICE agents with aggression and vandalism.

And yet, in the face of criminality and disorder, California’s leadership continues to blame Washington, not the mobs throwing rocks and spray-painting federal vehicles.

The message from the Trump administration is simple:

The law will be enforced—no matter who stands in the way.