June 2025
In June 2025, DHS launched widespread violent immigration enforcement across Los Angeles and Southern California, harassing and arresting hundreds of people based on their race and ethnicity, in violation of federal law and the constitution. Residents met these deployments with widespread protests. The federal government paired the influx of federal immigration agents with National Guard troops who were present to “protect federal property” in Los Angeles.
California is leading the charge in claiming that National Guard deployments have exceeded the initial intention and Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting to get command of the California National Guard. California sued in June 2025, and a federal appeals court judge has ordered that National Guard troops be withdrawn from LA by December 15th, 2025. Nonetheless, mass immigration enforcement continues across LA and Southern California; in January ICE agents fatally shot Keith Porter outside his apartment complex and opened fire on a man who was driving away from them.