Tensions escalated when protesters started clashing with officers outside the federal detention center following the „ICE Out“ protest in downtown Los Angeles on Friday.
Demonstrators were seen throwing trash and debris at federal officers at the loading dock of the building.
Los Angeles police officers were called in to push the angry crowd back and restore order in the area.
One of the sources said Bovino was relieved of his command in Minneapolis and is expected to return to California‘s El Centro sector, where he served as the chief agent before the Trump administration deployed him to major American cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago.
The development follows intense backlash over how top federal officials, including Bovino, responded to the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Bovino, citing no evidence, suggested over the weekend Pretti intended to „massacre“ federal agents.
Several other Border Patrol agents are expected to leave with Mr. Bovino.
Mr. Bovino’s operations in major American cities across the country have sparked lawsuits and protests. Mr. Bovino, a sector chief in one part of the California border, first became a fixture after he led immigration operations following protests in Los Angeles in June. Since then, he has been deployed to Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans and Minneapolis.
As of this weekend, there were more than 1,000 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents in the city. That’s along with a force of up to 2,000 from ICE.
Kurz vor Weihnachten hatte Trump vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der USA bei seinen Plänen eines Nationalgarde-Einsatzes in Chicago eine Niederlage kassiert. Der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA wies einen entsprechenden Eilantrag ab.
His announcement comes after the US Supreme Court last week rejected his request to allow him to deploy the guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents as part of the administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown.
The U.S. Supreme Court could ultimately decide the issue.
An attorney handling things for the family, said his client was neither a dangerous nor an uncivil person. “What we know about Richard is that he‘s a very pacifist man, very calm. We find it very odd what‘s being said about him,” his family lawyer further told NBC Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price’s office said the man who was shot has lived in the city for decades and is a well-known member of the community. Price’s deputy chief of staff Jose Ugarte awarded the man a certificate of recognition two months ago for his citizen reporting in the community, his office said.“
The shooting happened in the 400 block of East 20th Street near Trinity Street around 8:52 a.m. Federal officials said it began as a targeted enforcement traffic stop on an undocumented immigrant who had previously avoided capture.
A view from AIR7 over the scene showed a dark-colored sedan boxed in by several other vehicles.
Witnesses told Eyewitness News the man involved is a well-known TikToker who regularly follows ICE. He goes by Richard LA online.
(July 1, 2025)
Trump threatened to arrest Mamdani if as mayor he follows through on pledges not to assist federal officials enforcing immigration laws.
“Well then, we’ll have to arrest him,” Trump told reporters on July 1 while visiting a detention center in Florida. Trump said that he would “be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation.”
Trump also said „a lot of people are saying he‘s here illegally,“ which is false. Mamdani is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Uganda, who immigrated to the United States with his parents − film director Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani − at the age of seven.
Padilla, in a phone interview after his speech, said he was “sadly, not shocked in the least bit” to hear of Lander’s detention. He spoke to POLITICO about Lander, the backstory of his appearance at Noem’s news conference, the words that pushed him to interrupt her remarks and more.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said it “sickened my stomach — the manhandling of a United States Senator.” Padilla’s California colleague Adam Schiff called for an immediate investigation.
Several other Democrats were dropping the word “fascism” in conversations as they made their way out of the Capitol.
Security guards wrestled Padilla out of the conference room as he explained he was a senator and wanted to ask the homeland security secretary a question.
Speaking to reporters after the incident, Padilla said: ‚If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day labourers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country‘
About five minutes into a press conference at the Westwood federal building, Noem told the media that the Trump administration planned to “liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that the governor and the mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla, who was standing near a wall on one side of the room, then tried to interrupt Noem to ask a question, video footage shows. Cameras turned toward him as two Secret Service agents tried to push him backward. “Sir, sir, hands up,” one said.
The Los Angeles Police Department said late Tuesday it had begun making “mass arrests” after protest groups continued to gather in areas under curfew.
Despite Mayor Karen Bass’ curfew for much of downtown Los Angeles, several demonstrators continued to rally in opposition of immigration raids. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
After days of anti-ICE protests, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass declared a citywide state of emergency and instituted a curfew in a portion of downtown
Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil and peaceful protest at Gloria Molina Grand Park. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
(Updated on: June 10, 2025 / 9:08 PM PDT)
Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew for downtown Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests continued on Tuesday.
The curfew will begin at 8 p.m. tonight, last until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, and apply to one square mile of downtown L.A., „to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting,“ Bass said during a press conference Tuesday night.
„If you do not live or work in downtown L.A., avoid the area,“ Bass said. „Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you will be prosecuted.“
On Sunday, former actor turned conservative pundit James Woods shared a video of police vehicles on fire to his nearly 5 million followers on X, stating, “If I hear one more leftist shill in mainstream media utter the words ‘peaceful protests,’ I’ll throw up.”
Wood’s post had more than 9 million views and it was reposted by at least 16,000 other X users.
One of the X users who reposted the video was United States Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, with the comment, “This…is…not…peaceful,” referring to the alleged actions by demonstrators in Los Angeles.
Fact check: The video content of both posts have been taken down from X because the images and clips of police cars on fire is from 2020 protests in Los Angeles, not recent anti-ICE demonstrations.
Videos shows some National Guard troops arriving in L.A. on Sunday morning.
The White House said in a statement Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move from the Republican president was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester,” his press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Saturday evening, following two days of angry protests over federal immigration actions.
Violent confrontations erupted between protesters and federal agents this morning in Paramount after news of an immigration raid near a local Home Depot.
The chaotic scenes marked the second day of clashes after a string of enforcement operations across Los Angeles County began Friday.
In response, President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to be deployed.
(June 7, 2025)
“We received reports that individuals were being detained here…this place has a capacity of a hundred folks and we heard it’s way above,” Rep. Gomez, whose 34th District includes several prominent ethnic enclaves in Los Angeles, told KTLA. “We have, as members of Congress, a right to conduct oversight…to make sure [detainees] have a place to sleep, that they have access to their medicines, food and water and access to a restroom…they also have a right to counsel.”
“But we were given this excuse that we weren’t allowed in because of our safety,” Gomez continued. “And it’s like ‘What safety issue?’ [because] there’s no safety issue.”
Washington, June 6, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA – Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) issued the following statement in response to disturbing reports that immigrants showing up for routine check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles were detained and held in basement rooms — some overnight — under inhumane conditions:
“These are very disturbing reports from LA‘s Roybal Federal Building. Law-abiding asylum seekers — many with kids — are being detained after showing up for routine ICE check-ins. No food. No water. Locked in holding rooms for over 12 to 24 hours.
“These are not criminals. These are families who followed the rules. Filed the paperwork. Showed up on time. Instead, they‘re being treated like they broke the law just for seeking asylum.
“One attorney reports her client was held without food or water from 2pm through the next day. His wife and 2 kids waited 12+ hours with nothing. No water. No explanation.
Newschopper4 was over the scene on Hill Street as the crowd confronted federal agents from the FBI and HSI.
It‘s unclear what the federal agents were doing in Chinatown.
HSI vehicles and unmarked cars were seen parked at the location. The crowd was preventing some of the vehicles from entering the parking lot.
The operation was one of at least three immigration sweeps conducted in Los Angeles on Friday. In the other one, federal agents converged at a Home Depot where day laborers regularly gather in search of work.
The raid at the clothing wholesaler began about 9:15 a.m. in the Fashion District, less than two miles from Los Angeles City Hall.
It was an extraordinary show of force.