‘ICE Barbie’ Kristie Noem delivers savage insult to LA mayor Karen Bass for shifting blame for riots

US Secretary for Homeland Security Kristi Noem hit out at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as a ‘trainwreck’ and said she turned the city into one filled with criminals.

‘Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing, Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing,’ she told Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday night of their efforts to quell the riots.

‘She is a train wreck of a mayor,’ Noem continued, as she accused the mayor of ‘endorsing’ criminal activities and allowed the city ‘to be completely devastated with crime.’

‘Now she’s holding press conferences talking about the fact that people have the right to peacefully protest and that they’re a city of immigrants, well, they’re not a city of immigrants – they are a city of criminals, because she has protected them for so many years,’ she claimed.

Protesters who were taken into custody Monday night were seen being loaded onto buses.

CalMatters reporter Sergio Olmos said more than a dozen protesters were led onto a bus to be detained after being kettled by LAPD officers.

Steve Bannon, who served President Trump during his first administration as a chief strategists, suggested the Trump administration arrest Mayor Bass.

‘My recommendation to President Trump and Homan and Stephen Miller specifically is to arrest Mayor Bass,’ he said on his podcast.

‘They  are interfering with federal authorities.’

‘We have a massive insurrection here,’ he added.

CNN reporter Jason Carroll and members of his crew were detained in Los Angeles Monday night.

They were told to put their hands behind their backs and were led away from the protest zone, as an officer told them they were not allowed to be there.

The FBI is offering $50,000 for any information leading to the arrest of a protester who was caught on camera throwing rocks at officers leaving a command post in Paramount, California.

US Attorney Bill Essayli identified the perp as Elpidio Reyna, 40, and said he is charged with assault on a federal officer.

If convicted, Reyna could face up to eight years behind bars.

Protesters in Dallas, Texas have been arrested, video shows.

Officers were seen clashing with protesters, forcing at least one to the ground and handcuffing him.

Meanwhile in Austin, authorities declared a protest in solidarity with LA an unlawful assembly.

Protesters there were told that they would be subject to arrest by ‘chemical agents” if they don’t leave the downtown area, CBS Austin reported.

Police are being confronted by protesters chanting ‘ICE out of LA’ at the intersection of Alameda and 3rd Street.

Meanwhile, LAPD vehicles and undercover cars are being used to herd the mob east of downtown.

Asked by Daily Mail if she was okay after several flash bangs exploded at the end of the block, a terrified elderly woman attempting to make her way past angry protesters said ‘It just scared me.’

A man in a black truck was caught on camera handing out Bionic face shields to the Los Angeles protesters

‘It just feels like something is about to happen,’ Fox LA anchor Elex Michaelson said.

‘It looks like a bionic shield is what that’s called. That’s not the kind of thing that buy in bulk if you don’t plan on doing something with it.;

‘The fact that that’s being handed out kind of like candy to everybody gives you an indication that these folks probably plan to be here for a while,’ he continued.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time for sending in the US Marines.

‘The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend,’ Newsom claimed on X. ‘It’s a blatant abuse of power.’

‘We will sue to stop this.’

In her remarks Monday night, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doubled down on her claims that the Trump administration caused the ‘chaos’ in the city as she denied that her city is being ‘invaded.’

‘On Thursday, the city was peaceful,’ Bass claimed. ‘On Friday, it was not because of the intervention of the federal government.’

She then went on to deny that the city is being ‘invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals’ or that ‘violent insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our federal agents.

‘I don’t know if anybody has seen that happen, but I’ve not seen that happen’ she said. ‘This is a despicable description of our city.

‘Our city needs to come together now and not accept this, not allow us to be divided. We are a city of immigrants, and we have always embraced that.’

More than 800 more law enforcement officers from nearby counties and the California Highway Patrol will be sent to Los Angeles to ‘clean up President Trump’s mess,’ Newsom has announced.

‘Chaos is exactly what Trump wanted, now we are sending in hundreds more law enforcement to pick up the pieces,; the governor said.

‘State and local leaders stand together, coordinated and resolute to ensure the safety of the Los Angeles region.’

Protesters waved Mexican flags and chanted ‘F*** your National Guard’ in a standoff with troops on Monday night.

The National Guard was called in to the situation by President Donald Trump. Local leaders have threatened the White House with a lawsuit.

During the clip, a woman can be heard sitting out of the top of a car sunroof yelling: ‘F*** ICE! F*** your National Guard! F*** the LAPD!’

Some onlookers can be heard cheering on the demonstration as she continues.

New York Mayor Eric Adams warned Big Apple residents to not copy what they see in Los Angeles.

The Democrat, who is running for re-election as an independent, condemned the protests alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Monday.

‘The escalation of protests in Los Angeles over the last couple of days is unacceptable and would not be tolerated if attempted in our city,’ he said.

Tisch, meanwhile, claimed New York’s Finest do not need federal intervention like what the Trump administration has used in Los Angeles.

‘We are responsible for public safety and maintaining order in this city. And we will never abdicate that responsibility,’ she said.

‘I want to assure all New Yorkers that we have the best police department in the world. Men and women who are prepared to handle any issues that may arise, especially when we are faced with deep division in our society,’ Adams added.

At least two dozen protesters were arrested at an anti-ICE sit-in at Trump Tower in Manhattan Monday, CBS News reported.

Protesters threw eggs, bottles of water and punches at the man, who blocked the jabs with his arms.

Some of the protesters even threw yellow street cones and broken pieces of a gutter at him.

At one point, he became cornered by the protesters but another faction came over to protect him and said to let him be.

Even some of the rioters were furious with their fellow demonstrators, one saying: ‘It makes us look bad!’

‘Don’t lose focus!’ another was heard yelling.

A patrol car eventually arrived to try and keep the peace and paramedics came to the man’s aid, as he plainly yelled: ‘Let me tell you something, Trump is your president!’

At about 6 pm local time, LAPD armed with less lethal bullets pushed more than 2,000 people north on Los Angeles Street and away from the 101 Freeway entrance on Alameda Street.

LAPD set a skirmish line on LA and First street but the protestors stood firm until a flash bang from the LAPD less lethal weapon was shot into the crowd. One protestor, CeeCee, told DailyMail.com she saw an LAPD officer shoot at a protestor, hitting the man on the eye.

At about 6:35 pm, more than 100 officers surrounded the intersection of Los Angeles and First Streets and pushed the crowd toward the Little Tokyo area.

Despite sending warning shots from their less lethal weapons, protestors continued to drive down the street across from LA City Hall.

One woman, holding a Mexican flag yelled defiantly:

‘F*** ICE, f*** your national guard, and f*** your LAPD!’

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Fox News Monday night that the rioter who was seen hurling cinderblocks at federal vehicles, injuring one officer, has been identified.

She said federal agents were conducting a search warrant on his house this evening.

‘He has been identified by great police work by the FBI,’ she said.

‘So you can run, you can’t hide. We are coming after you federally if you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on a police officer, we’re coming after you,’ Bondi said, adding: ‘You can’t hide.’

The case is one of nine that the AG’s office has opened in connection to the Los Angeles riots.

She made no clarification of what stage those investigations were in nor whether any charges had been filed but Bondi was clear that the White House means business.

Mayor Karen Bass decried the ICE raids that sparked the massive riots – saying they were unneccesary and targeted people like day laborers at a Home Depot, not the criminals the Trump administration claimed it would prioritize for deportation.

‘Nothing warranted the raids,’ she argued. ‘If you remember at the beginning of this administration, we were told that raids would be to look for violent criminals, people who have warrants.’

‘But I don’t know how you go from a drug dealer to a Home Depot, to people’s workplaces where they’re just trying to make a living,’ she argued.

The mayor then pleaded with the federal government to ‘Stop the raids.’

‘I hope that we will be heard because our city is trying to move forward, and I believe the federal government should be supportive.’

US Northern Command has released photos showing Marines preparing to deploy to Los Angeles.

Soldiers in combat attire and in front of Humvees could be seen with their weapons drawn as they got ready to depart.

At least three Los Angeles businesses have been broken into and the Los Angeles Civic Center complex has suffered ‘significant damage’ with graffiti and broken windows, the police chief said Monday night.

The Department of Homeland Security released a video showing smokey protests and protesters yelling ‘Shame, Shame’ at the National Guard.

‘This is not peaceful,’ it said.

‘California politicians must call off their rioting mob.

‘The United States is a nation of laws, and lawbreakers will be brought to justice.’

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference Monday night that he expected ‘many more’ arrests to be made as the riots continue.

‘We fully support your right to peacefully protest, but let me absolutely clear: Those who choose to incite in violence, engage in vandalism or graffiti or attack officers will be arrested,’ he said.

President Donald Trump has officially authorized the deployment of 2,000 more National Guard members to the City of Angels.

One official said, however, that the order was just signed and it could take a day or two to get troops moving.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements.

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrived at the Federal Building to disperse a group of protesters who have gathered there.

Officers were seen in riot gear and wielding batons and rubber bullets, giving a large, angry mob of protesters five minutes to evacuate from the front of the Federal Building in downtown LA on Monday afternoon.

One protesterscould be heard yelling: ‘We’re fighting to die!’ as cops set off flash bangs and deployed tear gas.

They claimed on social media protesters had begun throwing objects at the police.

A dozen more officers then arrived on the scene, where the National Guard was set up to protect the building.

The head of California’s Republican party has declared the riots an ‘organized crime’ as she hit out at Democrats.

‘Criminals attacked officers, police horses, and property with commercial grade fireworks, rocks, hammers, and other weapons,’ Corrin Rankin said.

‘They burned our flag while waving the flags of foreign nations like conquerors in our streets. Hundreds were not arrested or charged while lives and property were threatened.

‘This is the direct result of Democratic politicians who weaken our laws, undermine law enforcement, and encourage lawlessness,’ she continued, saying it is ‘tragic that Democrats gave illegal immigrants false hope that they could stay regardless of their crimes.

‘We must fully support law enforcement. Arrest and prosecute every criminal. And replace the Democratic politicians who encouraged this to happen.

‘That is how we restore order and protect Californians.’

The LAPD arrested 29 protesters for allegedly failing to disperse at demonstrations Saturday night, followed by 21 people on Sunday on charges of attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting, failure to disperse and other crimes.

The California Highway Patrol also made 19 arrests as officers cleared protesters from the 101 Freeway on Sunday, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department made two arrests at Saturday’s protests in Paramount and three arrests at Sunday’s protests in downtown L.A.

The Department of Defense hit back at a California Congresswoman who declared that sending in the Marines ‘isn’t normal.’

‘It’s a gross abuse of power similar to what we see from dictators around the world, setting the stage for martial law or full-on authoritarianism,’ Congresswoman Sara Jacobs posted Monday evening.

The Department of Defense then replied: ‘Rioting and burning cars on the streets of LA isn’t normal.’

The FBI is reportedly investigating how the Los Angeles anti-ICE riots were organized.

‘We’re investigating anyone who crosses the line from first-amendment protected activity to violence and are prepared to prosecute anyone who assaults a federal officer or causes damage to government property,’ Laura Eimiller, media coordinator for the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, told Fox News Digital in an email.

‘LAPD, as you know, is also making arrests for unlawful assembly. Obviously, any evidence of a criminal conspiracy will be investigated,’ she continued.

Lucia Aguilar Cole, 26, who serves as the Community Growth and Economic Innovation Deputy for the Los Angeles City Council, was taken into custody around 7pm along with her sister, Antonia, according to LA Sheriff’s Department records.

The women are the daughters of Rick Cole – the city’s current Chief Deputy Controller and a former mayor of Pasadena. They were arrested during unrest that saw protesters hurling rocks and other objects from a bridge on to the 101 Freeway, where police vehicles were positioned below.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has claimed President Donald Trump is planning to send even more National Guard troops to the city as the state officially sued the Trump administration.

‘I was just informed Trump is deploying another 2,000 Guard troops to L.A.,’ he posted on X.

‘The first 2,000? Given no food or water. Only approx. 300 are deployed — the rest are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders,’ he claimed.

‘This isn’t about public safety. It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego.

‘This is Reckless. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops.’

The announcement came just moments before California state representatives officially filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for sending in the National Guard.

‘One of the cornerstones of our Nation and our democracy is that our people are governed by civil, not military, rule,’ Newsom wrote in a follow-up post on X.

‘The Founders enshrined these principles in our Constitution — that a government should be accountable to its people, guided by the rule of law, and one of civil authority, not military rule.’

‘California will be standing up for those principles in court, @realDonaldTrump.’

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has announced his department has offiically been notified that Marines will be arriving in the city.

‘The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles — absent clear coordination — presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,’ he said in a statement.

Police in the Bay Area city took 154 people into custody, while authorities in Los Angeles arrested 42 people.

CNN host Dana Bash on Monday declared that President Donald Trump is the real ‘arsonist’ of the Los Angeles riots for calling in the National Guard.

‘I know this is a promise that he gave on the campaign trail to do whatever he could to deport illegal immigrants,’ Bash said on her show, Inside Politics With Dana Bash.

‘But what you just posted is basically an arsonist saying, “I better call the fire department because they got to come in fast to get the flames out,” she added. ‘That seems like what‘s going on.’

Yet videos from the scene on Sunday showed protesters setting vehicles on fire – and one person was even arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail.

Video posted online shows crowds of protesters chanting at National Guard officers outside the North Los Angeles Federal Building chanting ‘No National Guard in LA.’

Agents could be seen with riot shields guarding the building.

US Northern Command confirmed in a statement that 700 Marines have been deployed to Los Angeles.

It said they will ‘seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.

‘The activation of the Marines is intended to provide Task Force 51 with adequate numbers of forces to provide continuous coverage of the area in support of the lead federal agency.’

The official White House X page has called out Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Maxine Waters for calling the ongoing protests ‘peaceful.’

‘The leftist don’t care about your safety. They side with mobs,’ it wrote.

‘PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDS FOR LAW & ORDER – AND WILL CRUSH THE CHAOS.’

Waymo, the self-driving taxis that were destroyed in Los Angeles amid the ongoing riots, has preemptively limited rides in San Francisco as the mass protests spread.

The Los Angeles Police Department has once again declared a ‘tactical alert’ for the city and asked all uniformed personnel to remain on duty.

It marks the fourth day in a row the city’s police department has put officers on the heightened alert, which allows the LAPD to keep officers on duty on past their shift’s end time and allows for officers to be deployed between LAPD divisions.

In vile posts calling for violence against law enforcement, the hotels where federal agents are staying in Los Angeles have been released online, with one agitator saying ‘burn them.’

The exact address of where Border Patrol agents stayed in Ranch Cucamonga, California just outside LA was posted on Instagram by a self-proclaimed ‘leftists’.

‘ICE at Hilton, car filled goggles, tuff ties, and riot shields,’ the video said, even though the cars were clearly marked Border Patrol, which is a sister agency of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.

Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the decision to mobilze 700 Marines to Los Angeles as ‘un-American.’

‘U.S. Marines have served honorably across multiple wars in defense of democracy. They are heroes,’ the governor said on X.

‘They shouldn’t be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American.’

The Pentagonb confirmed that Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will join the National Guard to protect federal property.

Gavin Newsom’s office issued a statement responding to Trump Administration’s move to send 700 Marines to Los Angeles.

‘From our understanding, this is moving Marines from one base to another base,’ his office said.

‘The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented — mobilizing the best in class branch of the U.S. military against its own citizens.’

The US Department of Defense released a statement confirming 700 Marines will be sent to Los Angeles.

‘U.S. Northern Command has activated the Marine infantry battalion that was placed in an alert status over the weekend,’ the Pentagon said.

‘Approximately 700 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.

‘The activation of the Marines is intended to provide Task Force 51 with adequate numbers of forces to provide continuous coverage of the area in support of the lead federal agency.’

Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta, who was arrested during an ICE raid on Friday, has been released from custody on $50K bond.

Huerta was arrested for obstructing immigration officials executing a warrant and charged with conspiring to impede an officer.

In a court affidavit obtained by the Associated Press, a homeland security agent wrote that law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant Friday at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment records when Huerta and others appeared to try to disrupt the operation.

A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.

The agent said Huerta pushed back and the officer pushed Huerta to the ground and arrested him.

Donald Trump was asked what crime Gavin Newsom committed after he made comments calling for his arrest.

‘I think his primary crime is running for governor, because he did such a bad job,’ Trump said.

While some experts speculated the Newsom’s fued with the president may help his career, Trump said, ‘I actually think it’s very bad for him.’

Marines mobilized in Los Angeles will be tasked with defending federal property and personnel, two U.S. Department of Defense officials told NBC News.

Approximately 700 Marines from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms have been deployed to assist National Guard troops and law enforcement in Los Angeles.

‘This is Trump’s net approval rating on immigration,’ Harry Enten said on air Monday while comparing his -21 approval rating in June 2017 to his current +1 rating on the issue.

‘It’s gone up like a rocket now versus eight years ago during Trump’s first term,’ he explained.

A reporter asked the president, ‘What do you make of the fact that [Newsom] says you want a civil war?’

‘No, it’s the opposite. I don’t want a civil war. Civil war would happen if you left it to people like him,’ Trump replied.

Demonstrators protesting mass deportation inside Trump Tower in Manhattan were arrested on Monday.

Video showed a few dozen demonstrators sitting in the middle of the Fifth Avenue building’s lobby.

Police officers carrying zip ties stood between the group and the entryway while a voice over a PA system warned that they would be arrested if they didn’t disperse.

The activists continued to chant ‘Bring Them Back’ and were subsequently arrested. They also held signs with messages such as, ‘Who will be disappeared next?’ and, ‘Due process is a right for everyone.’

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claimed Donald Trump ‘created a crisis’ by sending the National Guard to the city.

‘Trump didn’t inherit a crisis — he created one. To those stoking the fire of lawlessness and chaos alongside him — LA will hold you accountable,’ she said on X.

The US military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city.

Troops based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms will be sent to Los Angeles to defend federal property.

A US official told Reuters that a battalion would be sent, but for now, the Insurrection Act is not expected to be invoked. It is unclear what grounds the administration used to send the troops.

When asked by reporters whether he would deploy the Marines, Trump said, ‘We’ll see what happens. I think we have it very well under control.’

US Northern Command said Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will work with the National Guard troops.

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci made a wild claim about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political future amid his clash with President Donald Trump over this weekend’s riots in Los Angeles.

Scaramucci, who was hired and fired by Trump in a period of 10 days in 2017, saw Newsom’s political stock rising.

‘This whole fiasco could make Gavin president,’ Scaramucci posted to X Monday morning.

California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed the National Guard troops deployed by Trump have no ‘fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.’

The president authorized 2,000 troops to quell the violence in Los Angeles after protesters clashed with immigration officers.

Newsom claimed on X those troops have nothing to eat and no where to sleep after Trump accused him of being disrespectful.

‘You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another,’ he said.

‘If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you.’

Vice President JD Vance took a jab at California Gavin Newsom, telling him to ‘do your job,’ after the state launched a lawsuit against the administration.

‘Do your job. That’s all we’re asking,’ Vance wrote on X, along with a clip of Trump calling for Newsom to be arrested.

Trump told reporters he would support border czar Tom Homan if he arrested the governor.

‘I would do it,’ the president said when asked about Newsom daring his administration to arrest him.

‘I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy but he’s grossly incompetent, everybody knows it,’ the president added.

Newsom slammed Trump’s remarks, saying, ‘This is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.’

A president has only federalized the National Guard one time before Donald Trump sent the troops to LA, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Bonta said Richard Nixon was the last president to invoke the law that Trump used to deploy the National Guard.

‘A law that’s only been used on its own once before in modern history, when 55 years ago, when President Nixon ordered the National Guard to deliver mail during the Postal Service strike,’ Bonta said.

‘The movement of the mail for the Postal Service was down, it was not happening. The laws could not be executed, not without the federal government calling in the National Guard.’

Governor Gavin Newsom claimed Donald Trump manufactured ‘fear and terror’ to take over the state’s militia.

‘This is a manufactured crisis. He is creating fear and terror to take over a state militia and violate the U.S. constitution,’ he said on X.

‘The illegal order he signed could allow him to send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES.’

Newsom confirmed the state’s lawsuit against the administration and call Trump’s deployment of the National Guard ‘an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.’

Rep. Norma Torres took to TikTok on Friday as riots were breaking out across Los Angeles, demanding immigration officers leave the city.

‘ICE get the f*** out of LA so that order can be restored,’ the congresswoman said in the video, which has since gone viral and been re-shared on multiple platforms.

Conservatives were quick to blast Torres (D-Calif.) over the remark, with many suggesting she is a ‘lunatic’ and should face ‘consequences’ for ‘fighting against the legal actions of the federal government’.

Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta, who was arrested during an ICE raid on Friday, has been charged with conspiring to impede an officer.

Huerta was arrested for obstructing immigration officials executing a warrant, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.

In a court affidavit obtained by the Associated Press, a homeland security agent wrote that law enforcement officers were executing a federal search warrant Friday at a Los Angeles business suspected of hiring illegal immigrants and falsifying employment records when Huerta and others appeared to try to disrupt the operation.

A law enforcement officer approached Huerta and told him to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote.

The agent said Huerta pushed back and the officer pushed Huerta to the ground and arrested him.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta claimed the Secretary of Defense ignored a request from Gov. Gavin Newsom to rescind the National Guard.

‘Yesterday afternoon Gov. Newsom actually sent a letter Mr. Hegseth requesting that the secretary rescind the unlawful deployment of troops and return them to the governor’s command,’ Bonta said. ‘The request was ignored.’

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for ‘unlawfully’ deploying the National Guard.

‘In the early hours of Sunday morning, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unlawfully federalized 2,000 California National Guard troops for 60 days with no indication as to when they intend to stand down,’ Bonata said during a press conference Monday.

‘They did so without authorization from Gov. Newsom and against the wishes of local law enforcement.’

He claimed the protests were ‘mostly dissipated’ when the National Guard troops arrived.

‘Since Trump announced his plan to deploy troops, the situation on the ground has escalated quickly with unrest growing overnight, causing highways to close and putting people in danger,’ Bonta said.

‘We’ll never know what might have been had the president left our state and local authorities to continue the important work they were already doing and were more than capable of doing.’

U.S. officials told The Associated Press there are currently about 1,000 National Guard members on the ground in Los Angeles.

Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to assist the police in quelling the unrest, and roughly 300 National Guard members arrived in the city over the weekend.

Officials said that they believe that the full 2,000 that the president has put on federal Title 10 orders will be on the ground there by the end of the day.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum fanned the flames of the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, calling Mexican migrants living in the US ‘heroes’ while blasting the immigration policies of President Trump.

‘We disagree with this approach to the migration phenomenon,’ Sheinbaum said during a press conference Sunday afternoon in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla.

‘It’s not about raids or violence, but rather working on a comprehensive reform that takes into account the Mexicans on the other side of the border,’ she added. ‘That is our position, always a call for peace, to not exacerbate any form of violent protest.’

Sheinbaum said that 35 Mexican nationals were arrested by ICE agents as part of Trump’s deportation efforts.

‘Mexicans living in the United States are good, honest men and women who left to seek a better life for themselves and to support their families,’ she said at her press conference. ‘They are not criminals.’

‘The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America,’ Newsom said on X.

‘I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.’

A senior administration official revealed to DailyMail.com the violent pasts of illegal immigrants detained in LA, including ones convicted of cruelty against children, manslaughter and molestation.

Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta, who was arrested during an ICE raid on Friday, will appear in court on Monday.

Huerta was arrested for obstructing immigration officials executing a warrant, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.

‘Federal agents were executing a lawful judicial warrant at a LA worksite this morning when David Huerta deliberately obstructed their access by blocking their vehicle,’ Essayli said.

‘He was arrested for interfering with federal officers and will face arraignment in federal court on Monday.

‘Let me be clear: I don’t care who you are—if you impede federal agents, you will be arrested and prosecuted. No one has the right to assault, obstruct, or interfere with federal authorities carrying out their duties.’

Donald Trump said he would support arresting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and called the rioters in Los Angeles ‘insurrectionists.’

‘I would do it,’ the president said when asked about Newsom daring his administration to arrest him.

‘I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy but he’s grossly incompetent, everybody knows it,’ the president added.

Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, revealed that the raids that ignited the LA protests were part of a thorough criminal investigation – not a random migrant round-up.

Homan explained on MSNBC that the raids that took place in downtown Los Angeles were the result of a criminal investigation into money laundering.

‘That’s why no one is talking about the Fashion District, it wasn’t an immigration raid. It was to service of three criminal warrants at locations based on a large criminal conspiracy that ICE is investigating,’ Homan said.

‘That has to do with money laundering, tax evasion and customs fraud where a company under-declared over $80 million in goods, failed to pay $17 million in fees. And it’s part of an overall conspiracy on numerous businesses that they believe that some of this money is being laundered in Mexico and Colombia, the cartel activity.’

Homan noted the raids were no unsolicited migrant round-ups, but specific arrests were made based on warrants.

‘So, this was a criminal investigation that they all responded to in the beginning. That’s how it all started. But the facts never got out,’ he said.

Mexico’s foreign minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente said 42 Mexicans were detained in the ICE raids.

Per NBC, 37 of those detainees are men and five are women. Four people have been deported, two by previous removal orders and two voluntarily.

The president defended his decision to deploy the National Guard in California without the governor’s permission.

‘We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California,’ Trump said on Truth Social.

‘If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. The very incompetent “Governor,”  Gavin Newscum, and “Mayor,’ Karen Bass, should be saying, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP.”

ABC7 reporter Tim Caputo insisted that the ‘vast majority’ of protestors involved in the demonstrations were ‘people taking videos [and] people waving flags’ during his one-the-ground report.

He made the remarks as black smoke billowed into the air behind him and a loud explosion could be heard in the distance.

Mayor Karen Bass claimed the immigration raids in Los Angeles on Friday sparked the violent protests over the weekend.

‘If you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have had the disorder that went on last night,’ Bass told CNN.

‘We do not know where and when the next raids will be. That is the concern because people in this city have a rapid response network. If they see ICE, they go out, and they protest, and so it’s just a recipe for pandemonium that is completely unnecessary.’

She insisted that the chaos was isolated and the city is under control.

‘This is not citywide civil unrest taking place in Los Angeles. A few streets downtown – it looks horrible. People committed crimes,’ Bass said.

‘It is absolutely unacceptable, and those people that set cars on fire or did other forms of vandalism will be sought to be arrested and prosecuted.’

No president has done so since Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

Johnson, unlike Trump, invoked the Insurrection Act, an 18th-century wartime law that allows presidents to deploy military forces during times of rebellion or unrest.

Trump invoked Title 10 authority, a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal service members when there is ‘a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.’

Roughly 300 National Guard members arrived in the city over the weekend, and Trump said he had authorized 2,000 members to deploy if needed.

MAGA loyalists have defended the president’s decision to deploy the National Guard to California without the governor’s permission.

Vice President JD Vance said, ‘This moment calls for decisive leadership. The president will not tolerate rioting and violence.’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, ‘There is plenty of room for peaceful protest, but ZERO tolerance for attacking federal agents who are doing their job. The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE.’

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, ‘Federal law enforcement officers were attacked by violent radicals and illegal criminals waving foreign flags because Governor Newsom was too weak to protect the city.

‘The Los Angeles Police Chief has even said the riots were getting out of hand. President Trump has stepped in to maintain law and order and protect federal buildings.’

Donald Trump Jr. suggested Korean rooftop shooters shoot Los Angeles protesters.

The president’s son posted a meme on X that stated, ‘Everybody rioting until the roof starts speaking Korean.’

He captioned the post, ‘Make Rooftop Koreans Great Again!’

The term ‘Rooftop Koreans’ refers to Korean-Americans who armed themselves and took to the roofs of their businesses to defend themselves during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

There are no confirmed reports that anyone was shot or killed by the ‘Rooftop Koreans.’

Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan clarified that he was not calling for Gavin Newsom’s arrest over the weekend.

On Sunday, Homan warned the governor: ‘It’s a felony to knowingly conceal and harbor an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement from doing their job.’

However, he insisted on Monday that there was no actual discussion about arresting him.

‘I’ve said it many times. You an protest, get your First Amendment rights, but when you cross that line, you put hands on [an] ICE officer, or you destroy property, you impede law enforcement or you knowingly harbor or conceal it in any way, that’s a crime, and that, the Trump administration is not going to tolerate,’ Homan told Fox News.

‘The reporter asked me, well, could govern Governor Newsom or Mayor Bass be arrested? I said, well no one’s above the law — if they cross the line and commit a crime, absolutely they can.

‘There was no discussion about arresting Newsom.’

California Governor Gavin Newsom is under fire after posting a ‘war room’ style photo of officials meeting while Los Angeles was being torched by rioters.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of LA for a third day on Sunday to protest President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on illegal immigration.

Newsom, however, was meeting with state emergency officials, LA police and the LA County Sheriff’s Department as the chaos unfolded.

Sharing a photo of the meeting on social media, he said authorities had gathered to ‘respond to protests provoked by chaos from Washington.’

‘I don’t want people to fall into the chaos that I believe is being created by the administration completely unnecessarily,’ she told a press conference Sunday.

The Los Angeles Police Department has faced a massive staffing shortage in recent years, leaving fewer officers to combat the violence that erupted over the weekend.

Los Angeles has fewer police per capita than many major cities, with only 246 officers per 100,000 residents, according to Governing.com.

Recent projections indicate that the LAPD could be facing its lowest staffing level since 1995 this fiscal year, reported the Los Angeles Times.

LAPD leaders expect to lose more than 150 officers, resulting in a force of approximately 8,620. Officials have argued that 10,000 officers are needed to ensure public safety.

Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to assist the police in quelling the unrest.

Roughly 300 National Guard members arrived in the city over the weekend, and Trump said he had authorized 2,000 members to deploy if needed.

The city of Glendale canceled its contract with federal immigration authorities to house detainees within its local jail as protests erupted in LA.

Glendale officials announced in a statement on Sunday that the city would formally terminate its agreement with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

”[T]he City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good—has become divisive,” the statement said.

ICE’s agreement with Glendale had been in place since 2007.

Waymo, which offers rides from Santa Monica Pier to Downtown, decided to suspend service after its vehicles were vandalized in the LA riots.

‘We will not be serving any rides in the protest area until it is deemed safe,’ a Waymo spokesperson told NBC News.

At least five self-driving Waymo cars were set on fire in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Dramatic images showed large plumes of black smoke rising and intermittent explosions as the electric vehicles burned.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell told a media briefing on Sunday evening that the violence he had seen by some was ‘disgusting’ and the protests were getting out of control.

‘This violence that I’ve seen is disgusting. It’s escalated now since the beginning of this incident. What we saw the first night was bad,’ he said.

‘What we’ve seen subsequent to that is getting increasingly worse and more violent. Tonight, we had individuals out there shooting commercial-grade fireworks at our officers. That can kill you.’

At least 56 people were arrested over the weekend as rioters set cars on fire and looted businesses.

California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to sue the Trump Administration for calling on the state’s National Guard as the streets of Los Angeles descended into chaos.

Newsom called Trump’s deployment ‘illegal’ and announced he plans to file a lawsuit against the administration.

‘There’s a protocol, there’s a process. He didn’t care about that,’ the governor said on MSNBC.

Newsom then posted on X, ‘Donald Trump is putting fuel on this fire. Commandeering a state’s National Guard without consulting the Governor of that state is illegal and immoral. California will be taking him to court.’

Roughly 300 National Guard members arrived in the city over the weekend, and Trump said he had authorized 2,000 members to deploy if needed.

Trump invoked a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal service members when there is ‘a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.’

Chaos erupted on Friday after federal immigration officials clashed with protesters as they raided several downtown locations.

Protests continued on Saturday with Donald Trump exploding on ‘incompetent’ LA leaders who he said are responsible for the pro-migrant riots.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that ‘active duty Marines’ were on ‘high alert’ as roving mobs of violent thugs created havoc on the streets of Los Angeles.

Tensions escalated on Sunday as Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to descend on the city.

Protesters blocked off a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has criticized the US government over the immigration raids and National Guard deployment.

‘We do not agree with this way of addressing the immigration issue,’ Sheinbaum, who has sought to cultivate a positive relationship with President Donald Trump, said at a public event Sunday.

‘The phenomenon will not be addressed with raids or violence. It will be by sitting down and working on comprehensive reform.’

She also said that ‘Mexicans living in the United States are good men and women, honest people who went to the United States to seek a better life for themselves and to support their families.’

‘They are not criminals! They are good men and women!’ she added.

Horrifying scenes showed Waymo cars erupting into flames and emitting toxic gases as rioters chained themselves to furniture and created blockades to grind Downtown Los Angeles to a complete halt on Sunday night as violence stretched into a third day.

Extraordinary vision captured the moment these rioters set fire to the Waymos and celebrated the carnage by dancing on the roof of cars and waving Mexican flags high above the flames.

‘Burn, burn, burn,’ the protesters cheered.

At least five Waymo self-driving cars were set alight and vandalized, prompting an indefinite shutdown of Los Angeles St north of Arcadia, and south of Alameda amid safety concerns about the lithium batteries.

San Francisco Police also declared gatherings ‘unlawful gatherings’ in the city’s financial district, reporting that rioters there injured two officers.

Around 60 people – including some under the age of 18 – were arrested Sunday in San Francisco, KGO reports.

US correspondent for Nine Lauren Tomasi was reporting on the ‘rapidly deteriorating’ riots in the city on Sunday evening, local time, when she was hit.

As she told viewers the police were ‘moving them (protesters) on through the heart of LA’ several loud bangs were heard in the distance.

Just moments later a policeman was seen turning his gun towards Tomasi.

A cloud of smoke appeared next to the journalist and she doubled over in pain.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who has announced his candidacy for California governor in 2026, has accused Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom of gaslighting.

He said that Democratic leaders the likes of Harris, Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass ‘own this.’

Harris then went on to express her support for the protests – which she called ‘overwhelmingly peaceful.’

California Governor Newsom said he requested the Trump administration to withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County, calling it unlawful.

Newsom said in a Sunday interview with MSNBC he planned to sue the administration over the deployment, adding that President Donald Trump ‘has created the conditions’ around the protests.

He accused the president of trying to manufacture a crisis and of violating California’s state sovereignty.

Asked if the National Guard was needed, LA police chief Jim McDonnell said police would not ‘go to that right away,’ but added, ‘Looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment’.

In a social media post, Trump called on McDonnell to do so.

‘He should, right now!!!’ Trump added. ‘Don’t let these thugs get away with this. Make America great again!!!’

The White House disputed Newsom’s characterization, saying: ‘Everyone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness.’

Businesses reported looting in Downtown Los Angeles overnight, sending officers scrambling to investigate.

Looters targeted businesses, including Michael Jordan’s flagship store, in the area of 6th Street and Broadway.

The LAPD has encouraged all residents and businesses to report all cases of looting as it prepares an official report.

The National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday after days of civil unrest following pro-migrant riots across the city.

On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the National Guard would ‘keep peace and allow people to be able to protest but also to keep law and order.’

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was met with a door shut in her face after she demanded to check on an ICE detainee.

Waters was seen trying to enter the Los Angeles Federal Building to exercise her ‘congressional authority’ to check on SEIU California President David Huerta.

Huerta was injured and detained by federal agents during an ICE raid in downtown LA on Friday.

Footage shared on X shows how Waters pleaded with law enforcement to check on Huerta, but was not permitted to enter the building.

Waters later hit out at police over the incident, saying in a tweet: ‘I pled with the National Guard, which was heavily armed, not to use their weapons against peaceful demonstrators who were simply exercising their rights to freedom of speech and protest.

‘All people deserve to be treated with dignity and due process under the law. Peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations are critical to protecting our constitutional rights!’

The FBI is searching for rioters accused of assaulting federal officers and damaging government property during the LA immigration protests on Saturday.

The suspect injured an officer when he allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement vehicles on Alondra Boulevard in Paramount, California.

Officials are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the rioter.