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President Trump sends National Guard as violent anti-ICE riots erupt in Los Angeles | Live Updates from Fox News Digital

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Multiple people were detained during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, according to police.

The Los Angeles Police Department said officers detained the individuals for failing to disperse after multiple warnings were issued.

"Remaining people in the area of the UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY will be subject to arrest," LAPD wrote on X.

"Leave the area," the agency added.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom , a Democrat, said Saturday that the Trump administration is taking over the state's National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles because it wants a "spectacle," leading the White House to shoot back that the governor has done "nothing" to stop the violence at the anti-ICE protests.

"The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle," Newsom wrote on X. "Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded that Newsom has "done nothing to stop this violence" and "should be thanking President Trump for bringing law and order to California."

"Illegal criminal aliens and violent mobs have been committing arson, throwing rocks at vehicles, and attacking federal law enforcement for days," she wrote. "Gavin Newsom has done nothing to stop this violence."

"He should be thanking President Trump for bringing law and order to California — a basic value that Newsom and his fellow Democrats have failed to uphold," she added.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the Pentagon is mobilizing the National Guard to respond to anti-ICE protests in California and warned that active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton may be deployed as well "if violence continues."

"The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil; a dangerous invasion facilitated by criminal cartels (aka Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK," Hegseth wrote on X.

The secretary said that under the Trump administration, violence and destruction against federal agents and federal facilities "will NOT be tolerated," adding: "It’s COMMON SENSE."

"The @DeptofDefense is mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles," he wrote. "And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert."

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Following violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles on Saturday night, FBI Director Kash Patel warned "if you assault a law enforcement officer, you’re going to jail—period."

"It doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what cause you claim to represent," Patel told Fox News Digital. "If local jurisdictions won’t stand behind the men and women who wear the badge, the FBI will."

President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Paramount, California after immigration authorities driving in the area were pelted with rocks, stones, and concrete — shattering government vehicle windshields.

"Doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you. If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, we @FBI will," Patel wrote on X.

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Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said Saturday that violence and destruction are "unacceptable" and that anyone responsible will be held accountable, as protests continue against immigration authorities conducting raids at businesses in Southern California.

"This is a difficult time for our city," Bass wrote on X. "As we recover from an unprecedented natural disaster, many in our community are feeling fear following recent federal immigration enforcement actions across Los Angeles County."

"Reports of unrest outside the city, including in Paramount, are deeply concerning," she continued. "We’ve been in direct contact with officials in Washington, D.C., and are working closely with law enforcement to find the best path forward."

"Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable," the mayor added.

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The National Guard will be deployed to Los Angeles County after anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan told Fox News Saturday.

On Saturday, tear gas was deployed near Home Depot in Paramount, California, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were allegedly conducting a raid.

Following the raid, a violent protest broke out and several arrests were made for assault on a federal agent, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to call out state and local leadership's inaction.

"If Governor Gavin 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!!!" Trump wrote.

Newsom responded on X, claiming the federal government "is moving to take over the California National Guard" and deploy 2,000 soldiers.

"That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions," Newsom wrote. "LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment’s notice. We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need. The Guard has been admirably serving LA throughout recovery. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust."

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