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Los Angeles was waking up on Monday to another day of high tensions with Donald Trump’s administration after a weekend of protests over immigration raids in the city, with the president controversially ordering in the national guard and the governor of California saying the state planned to sue in response. Federal agents the day before clashed with demonstrators in Los Angeles as police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse crowds of people who were mostly peacefully protesting against immigration raids across the city and Trump’s deployment of the California national guard against the will of Governor Gavin Newsom and...

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. He was arrested for interfering with federal officers and will face arraignment in federal court on Monday. Let… pic.twitter.com/GIFD34LIcF — U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) June 7, 2025

Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) said Saturday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” that the recent Los Angeles ICE raids were “shameful,” adding that all immigrants in the country illegally deserve due process.” Co-host Jonathan Capehart asked, “What was your reaction to the ice raids in Los Angeles?” Garcia said, “I mean obviously we’re not just devastated, but I think a lot of us in California especially, are incredibly concerned. about what’s happening in our home state. But across the country what we’re seeing is really not actions that are trying to target folks that are not actually doing anything illegal or that...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has helped preside over the most secure border in American history during her short time in office. She has also shown that she is willing to personally assist our brave law enforcement agents on their missions to help secure America and keep her wits despite possible safety risks. As The New York Post reported, Noem led roughly 100 federal agents on an early morning raid Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona. The agents came from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The mission was a success...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem led ICE raids in Northern Virginia Tuesday morning that targeted illegal alien gang members as part of a two-day coordinated action in the D.C. suburbs. Details of the raids were leaked by Vanity Fair Congressional reporter Pablo Manriquez who also advised targets on how to evade capture. Noem posted a statement Tuesday saying the raids would not be deterred by leaks, “We will not be deterred by leaks. If you come to this country and break our laws, we will hunt you down. Successful enforcement operation this morning—getting MS-13 members, 18th Street gang...

Pablo Manriquez, Congressional reporter for Vanity Fair, posted leaked information on ICE raids planned for the D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia this week, along with a warning to targets to stay off the highways in the area. Manriquez posted about the raids and gave advice to targets on how to evade capture: “ICE RAIDS are planned for Monday & Tuesday in Northern Virginia, per multiple sources who tell us ICE has obtained between 75 and 100 judicial warrants.” “NOTE: Judicial warrants mean ICE can go into your homes, so plan accordingly.” “NOTE: Remember that state police have been deputized to...

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump Administration from conducting ICE raids at some places of worship. US District Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee, blocked ICE raids on the churches, which filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration. ICE can still conduct raids at churches and places of worship that are not involved in the lawsuit. Politico reported: A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration enforcement actions — like raids and arrests — at a handful of churches, temples and other places of worship that sued over the new policy. Unlike some...

The Trump Administration is delivering on its campaign promise to deport illegals.But anti-Trump forces within the government and law enforcement are doing everything they can to protect illegals at the expense of American citizen’s safety and security.Attorney General Pam Bondi is making it clear that there will be consequences for those who leak information about ICE raids telling Fox News, “If you leaked it, we will find out who you are, and we will come after you.The Gateway Pundit reported that a secret, massive ICE operation was in the works in Los Angeles, but a memo authorizing the raid was...

!mmigrant communities across the country are on edge after mass deportation operations promised by President Trump failed to materialize in recent days. Trump has claimed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids were “very successful” and took place out of the public eye. But immigration advocates said they’ve seen no evidence of a widespread sweep, and experts question whether the president may have hindered the efforts by speaking publicly about them. Advocacy organizations are urging those who may be targeted by ICE to remain vigilant, cautioning that the larger raids could still take place in the coming days, weeks or...

The Portland Police Bureau said it would not be cooperating with any federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in potential immigration raids promised by President Donald Trump this weekend, the agency said Sunday. State law prohibits local law enforcement agencies from using “agency moneys, equipment or personnel for the purpose of detecting or apprehending persons whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws." Portland police chief Danielle Outlaw said there were numerous factors causing fear in Oregon’s immigrant communities. "Now more than...

Video at link. (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), now among the leading contenders for the Democrat presidential nomination, says President Trump's immigration raids are "a crime against humanity." She made the comment Thursday night during an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Harris argued that President Trump is ordering the immigration raids to distract from his presidential failures: So the guy has now got to start distracting people from the fact that he made all these promises that I believe he had no intention of fulfilling. And he has failed to perform on every level by which we should measure...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) partially blamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the reported impending deportation raids, saying that the Speaker has not taken enough action to tighten asylum laws. Speaking at a press conference Thursday, McCarthy said the raids, which The New York Times reported are set to begin this Sunday, are going forward because President Trump has not seen appropriate Congressional action. Trump delayed the planned raids last month in order to give lawmakers additional time to pass legislation tightening asylum laws, a policy House Democrats strongly oppose. McCarthy argued Thursday that Democrats have not used that...

June 29 (UPI) — President Donald Trump said his postponed immigration raids in 10 major cities could start up on Independence Day unless “something pretty miraculous” happens in Congress on immigration reform. Trump said during a news conference on Saturday at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan that he was not optimistic about anything happening before then. Trump on June 22 postponed the raids for two weeks at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats. “Unless we do something pretty miraculous, but the Democrats, it seems to me, they want to have open borders,” Trump said. “And...

California AG threatens to prosecute businesses that help in immigration sweeps. New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State... California employers assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a reported widespread immigration crackdown will be prosecuted, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said on Thursday. His warning comes amid reports that U.S. immigration agents were planning mass sweeps targeting illegal immigrants within the Northern California communities. Under the state’s new Immigration Worker Protection Act, businesses and employers providing information about employees to immigration authorities could face fines of up to $10,000, The Sacramento Bee reported.

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