June 2025 Los Angeles protests against mass deportation

June 2025 Los Angeles protests
June 2025 Los Angeles protests
Part of protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration, and domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration
	California National Guard and protestors on June 9
Date	June 6 – July 15, 2025; (1 month, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, U.S.
Caused by	Deportation and extrajudicial detention in the second presidency of Donald Trump
Methods	Demonstrations; Civil disobedience; Civil unrest; Civil resistance; Arson; Looting; Traffic obstruction; Barricades; Internet activism;
Resulted in	Most protests suppressed 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; Indivisible movement; Democratic Socialists of America; Party for Socialism and Liberation; Revolutionary Communists of America; Angel City Brigade; 50501 movement ; Black Lives Matter movement; Unaffiliated individuals; ; ;	United States federal government Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service; Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol; ; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations; Enforcement and Removal Operations; ; ; Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Marshals Service; ; Department of Defense United States Northern Command Joint Task Force 51 California National Guard (federalized) 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; 49th Military Police Brigade; ; United States Marine Corps Camp Pendleton garrison; ; ; ; ; Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Diplomatic Security Service; ; ; ; ; 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; Orange County Sheriff's Department; Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office; San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department; Santa Ana Police Department; Pasadena Police Department; Monterey Park Police Department; ; ;
Number
1,000+ protesters (per ICE) (June 6)	At its height:; 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	17+ injured; 5 horses injured
	At least 7 journalists injured by the LAPD

On June 6, 2025, protests began in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided locations in the region 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 small 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 were 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. Reuters reported that the protests were the strongest domestic backlash to Trump since he took office in January, and became a focal point in a national debate over immigration, protest, the use of federal force in domestic affairs, the boundaries of presidential power, and freedom of speech and assembly.

On July 11, U.S. district judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong concluded that the administration likely violated immigrants' rights and ordered a stop to immigration arrests without probable cause, alleging that the administration targeted California residents based on race, language and place of work. The ruling was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On September 3, U.S. district judge Charles Breyer ruled the deployment of the military illegal and a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, and ordered the administration not to use National Guard or military troops for civilian law enforcement in California. Breyer found the rationale for deployment as contrived, writing that "There was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement unable to respond to the protests and enforce the law." Prosecutors failed to secure indictments for the majority of protestors charged and dropped several cases after DHS agents were found to have made false statements.

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