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LA is burning, again. This time by illegal immigrants fearing mass deportation.

June 6.
Over 110 undocumented immigrants were arrested in coordinated operations across the city, including at a warehouse in the Fashion District, a Home Depot, and a local doughnut shop. Some of those arrested were reported to have prior criminal records. The raids triggered immediate backlash from pro-immigrant groups, who quickly gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center to protest. Demonstrators attempted to block detainee transfers and clashed with federal authorities, prompting the use of tear gas to disperse crowds.


As tensions escalated, protests spread beyond downtown Los Angeles into neighborhoods like Paramount, Compton, Boyle Heights, and Pasadena. In Paramount, demonstrators clashed with federal agents near a staging area, leading to more flash-bang grenades and tear gas being deployed. Protesters blocked the 101 Freeway multiple times, torched several Waymo self-driving cars, and vandalized both police and federal vehicles. In many cases, the demonstrations turned violent, with fireworks, rocks, and even Molotov-style bottles thrown at officers.


In response to the growing unrest, President Trump invoked Title 10 and authorized the deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles—despite strong opposition from California Governor Gavin Newsom, who called the move unlawful and politically inflammatory. About 300 guardsmen arrived by early Sunday, with 500 more U.S. Marines placed on high alert at Camp Pendleton. The move deepened tensions between the state and federal governments, with Mayor Karen Bass calling the deployment a “chaotic escalation,” while Trump defended it as necessary to “liberate” the city and combat what he described as a “migrant invasion.”


The protests have resulted in dozens of injuries, including at least 27 protesters and several officers. Around 60 arrests were made on Sunday alone. Alongside the physical toll, there’s been significant property damage, including to law enforcement vehicles and Waymo’s autonomous taxi fleet. In one particularly concerning incident, an Australian journalist covering the unrest was hit by a rubber bullet, prompting international condemnation and renewed scrutiny of police crowd-control tactics.


At the core of the protests is a demand to end mass deportations and federal immigration raids in sanctuary cities like Los Angeles. The situation has triggered a constitutional standoff between federal authority and California’s state government. ICE operations are expected to continue for at least 30 more days, and the National Guard remains deployed in the city. As legal challenges mount and the possibility of further escalation looms, both civic leaders and community members are bracing for what could become one of the most politically charged and divisive moments in recent LA history.
 
This is the problem with illegal immigrants causing violence. These guys are thugs and needed to treated accordingly.
 
Woah calm down Ramgopal bhai, the Indian tweeter mentioned Mexicans and Indians not bomb hurling Jihadis.
You know what you were implying , so its OK, you can calm down Abdul bhai.. The Dems luv these crime causing illegals and good that Trump is dealing with them appropriately..
 
You know what you were implying , so its OK, you can calm down Abdul bhai.. The Dems luv these crime causing illegals and good that Trump is dealing with them appropriately..

Stick to the topic , it a Mexican area. Eating veggies often diverts a persons mind, Ive noticed.

As for the OP, California was stolen of Mexico, so them they are not illegal.
 
Stick to the topic , it a Mexican area. Eating veggies often diverts a persons mind, Ive noticed.

As for the OP, California was stolen of Mexico, so them they are not illegal.
You and your fantasies. Its in the US , part of the US. Illegals have no right to be here and they will be deported and we have a prez now who has the ba*** to enforce the law. Dont be here in the US illegally period. Come in "legally " with proper paperwork and the US welcomes you with open arms.
 
What are they protesting ?
They are protesting Trump's deportation of illegal immigrants. So, they come to the US illegally, stay here illegally, get all the benefits, commit crimes and when the law is being enforced by their deportation, they resort to street violence, destruction of property and waving other country's flags. No nation in the world will accept it. Do this in an Islamic nation and you know what will happen right ? :)
 
Gonna order some nice Pork Burrito & Prawn tacos tonight in honour of my homies. Gotta wash it down with some chilled Heinekens. 👍🏻
 
Stick to the topic , it a Mexican area. Eating veggies often diverts a persons mind, Ive noticed.

As for the OP, California was stolen of Mexico, so them they are not illegal.


In 1846, during the Mexican-American War, U.S. settlers in California declared independence (the “Bear Flag Revolt”), and U.S. military forces quickly took control.

The war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 where Mexico ceded about half its territory to the U.S. (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states).

The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and assumed some Mexican debts. California became a U.S. state in 1850.
 
In 1846, during the Mexican-American War, U.S. settlers in California declared independence (the “Bear Flag Revolt”), and U.S. military forces quickly took control.

The war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 where Mexico ceded about half its territory to the U.S. (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states).

The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and assumed some Mexican debts. California became a U.S. state in 1850.

I know the history but many Mexicans feel this was a colonial enterprise. Im not justifying their riots.

Also many cartels send illegals to sell and cultivate drugs. Cannabis can grow in the random hills in Cali very well. Then theres meth and cocaine which is also control by the cartels.

What it does show is USA cant control its own city but wants to control other groups and nations abroad.
 
I know the history but many Mexicans feel this was a colonial enterprise. Im not justifying their riots.

Also many cartels send illegals to sell and cultivate drugs. Cannabis can grow in the random hills in Cali very well. Then theres meth and cocaine which is also control by the cartels.

What it does show is USA cant control its own city but wants to control other groups and nations abroad.

The best possible solution is that we all join hands to balkanise the United States. Of course Pakistanis will be there to protect US but this is something we the rest of the world would have to do at some point. Purely business. Hopefully Pakistanis will stay out of this fight between big boys. We mean you no harm.
 
End of the usa to be honest the west on a whole has been on a social decline.

The future stable countries with high standards will be china and the gulf arab countries
 
Stick to the topic , it a Mexican area. Eating veggies often diverts a persons mind, Ive noticed.

As for the OP, California was stolen of Mexico, so them they are not illegal.
what diet makes whole threads disappear from PP? Like you celebratory posts on Hamas attack.

Mexico was stolen from "native" Americans by the spanish.
 
Hide it from @deltexas, he will not be able to survive this, it is already too hot in Texas.
Texas is fine, we have a strong Rep governor Abbott who deals tough with illegals unlike Newsom and his bunch in California. Thats the thing. Immigrants assimilate and try to assimilate into the region or country they move into unlike a certain religion who want to impose their philosophy wherever they move.
 
Texas is fine, we have a strong Rep governor Abbott who deals tough with illegals unlike Newsom and his bunch in California. Thats the thing. Immigrants assimilate and try to assimilate into the region or country they move into unlike a certain religion who want to impose their philosophy wherever they move.
What has Mexican tried to impose on you and Americans, do tell us Mr. Kumar, the corn beef muncher, how have you assimilated in Texas, while smoking those beef briskets.

:afridi
 
Hard to agree with Californian administration or Trump, sad for all the Latino families being ripped apart though, esp with no criminal cases.
 
End of the usa to be honest the west on a whole has been on a social decline.

The future stable countries with high standards will be china and the gulf arab countries

Also Pakistan thanks the the oil & gas reserves plus CPEC
 
China Issues Travel Warning Over LA Riots

he Chinese consulate in Los Angeles has warned its citizens to remain alert amid the ongoing riots in the Californian city and to stay away from large gatherings.

Why It Matters

The LA protests against immigration enforcement over the weekend descended into rioting and looting. U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to quell the violence.

Scenes from downtown LA have been the subject of multiple broadcasts by Chinese state television channels and are among the top trending topics on China's main social media platforms Weibo and WeChat.

During the George Floyd protests in summer 2020 and the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol months later, China's government and state media mocked the Trump administration over police violence, racial tensions as well as what Beijing considered to be general failures of the U.S. democratic system.

What To Know

"Law enforcement actions are ongoing in many places in the Los Angeles area," the Chinese consulate's alert said on its website and social media channels.

"The Consulate General in Los Angeles reminds Chinese citizens in the Los Angeles area to pay close attention to official announcements and media reports, remain vigilant, enhance safety precautions, stay away from gatherings, crowded places or areas with poor public security, and avoid traveling at night or alone," the advisory said.

On Weibo, China's online users responded with concern—and ridicule. "'Beacon of freedom'—yeah, right!" one wrote. Another said: "China is now the safest place in the world. The smartest choice would be to leave the U.S. if you can and return to China as soon as possible."

China's state broadcaster CCTV has provided around-the-clock coverage of the anti-ICE protests and riots. On Sunday, it created the hashtag "LA is a mess," which has been viewed 31.5 million times and remains among the top five trending topics on the website, according to a review by Newsweek

CCTV's latest post about the row between the U.S. federal government and the state of California over the deployment of the National Guard drew hundreds of comments, one of which read: "California must emulate Harvard and fight to the end."

"Trump will turn America on its head," another top-related commented read. A third called for the establishment of a "California People's Republic."

What People Are Saying

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
posted to X: "Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions. If he can't solve it, we will. To the bad actors fueling Trump's flames—California will hold you accountable."

President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social: "A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve."

 
This is partly Elons doing. He gave Trump advice to include Tulsis and Patels in key security positions and they have failed miserably.

If you compare the success of Trump 1.0 Vs failures of Trump 2.0 the key differences is the inclusions of ex Indians in government positions. They have taken America backwards, having successfully negotiated ceasefire to save their motherland from Pakistan, they are standing back and giving bad advice to plunge America into chaos.
 
Trump defends deployment of Marines to LA amid immigration protests

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who defended the deployment as he sought to quell protests in the city despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders.

The president has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops.

The city has seen days of public protests since the Trump administration launched a series of immigration raids on Friday. State officials said Trump's response was an overreaction to mostly peaceful demonstrations.

About 700 Marines were in a staging area awaiting deployment to specific locations, a U.S. official said.
The Marines do not have arrest authority and will protect federal property and personnel, according to military officials. There were approximately 2,100 Guard troops in greater Los Angeles on Tuesday, with more on the way, the official said.

The troop deployments are estimated to cost about $134 million, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday. Bryn MacDonnell, who is performing comptroller duties at the Pentagon, told lawmakers the cost included travel, housing and food for troops.

"Think of how much veteran nutrition assistance and housing (the Trump administration) could be providing instead of dishonoring these troops using them as pawns," Newsom wrote on X, referring to the deployments' cost.


 
Texas is fine, we have a strong Rep governor Abbott who deals tough with illegals unlike Newsom and his bunch in California. Thats the thing. Immigrants assimilate and try to assimilate into the region or country they move into unlike a certain religion who want to impose their philosophy wherever they move.
Yes because Texas has been white for thousands of years, it’s not like it was taken by force from Mexicans, can’t accuse our white colonial masters of imposing their philosophy on us tho right? 🤡
 
This is partly Elons doing. He gave Trump advice to include Tulsis and Patels in key security positions and they have failed miserably.

If you compare the success of Trump 1.0 Vs failures of Trump 2.0 the key differences is the inclusions of ex Indians in government positions. They have taken America backwards, having successfully negotiated ceasefire to save their motherland from Pakistan, they are standing back and giving bad advice to plunge America into chaos.
Tulsi is not an Indian by any means, unless you mean Hindus.

Trump 1.0 wasn’t any successful either, Obama Era progress and innovation trickles down to his term, no way can any president make good economy in an year.
 
Yes because Texas has been white for thousands of years, it’s not like it was taken by force from Mexicans, can’t accuse our white colonial masters of imposing their philosophy on us tho right? 🤡
Won’t say its colonial, if anything Colonial rulers Spain were thrown off.

surprisingly if you think about it its history is similar to Pakistan, Majority Muslim( Texas Majority white in 1845 wanted to join US), and yeah they got it.

Don’t Pakistanis consistently talk good about Kings that waged wars, any reason you have an issue with what US-Texas did?
 
I rather trust Mexicans than white South Afrikans that have been robbing the country.

Its as simple as this one community does all the tough labor helps in building America and another comes in with their extremely recent white supremacist attitude and talks about being victim.
 
Won’t say its colonial, if anything Colonial rulers Spain were thrown off.

surprisingly if you think about it its history is similar to Pakistan, Majority Muslim( Texas Majority white in 1845 wanted to join US), and yeah they got it.

Don’t Pakistanis consistently talk good about Kings that waged wars, any reason you have an issue with what US-Texas did?
Plenty of Pakistanis criticize the Mughals when they did step out of line. Islam is perfect, humans aren’t. If they fail in their implementation, it’s on them.

I do find it rich though the boot licking Indians engage on this forum regarding the west that has far more blood on its hands than Muslim empires ever did, and how Islam constitutes rights for minorities where the white settlers who engaged in mass genocide when they came to the states were given a free pass. Last I checked, Hindus still exist India and have for centuries even under Muslim rule.

But I was talking to the above user about him blaming Muslims for “enforcing their philosophy” while he resides in a state that is built on centuries of enforcing philosophy by “foreign invaders” a term you lot love to to throw around
 
Plenty of Pakistanis criticize the Mughals when they did step out of line. Islam is perfect, humans aren’t. If they fail in their implementation, it’s on them.

I do find it rich though the boot licking Indians engage on this forum regarding the west that has far more blood on its hands than Muslim empires ever did, and how Islam constitutes rights for minorities where the white settlers who engaged in mass genocide when they came to the states were given a free pass. Last I checked, Hindus still exist India and have for centuries even under Muslim rule.

But I was talking to the above user about him blaming Muslims for “enforcing their philosophy” while he resides in a state that is built on centuries of enforcing philosophy by “foreign invaders” a term you lot love to to throw around
British never gets a free pass from Indians, there is a reason why majority blockbusters of Indian cinema from Lagaan, Kranti to recent RRR are anti-British.

On Islam thats your faith and everyone likes their own faith, British ruled India as well and Hindus ,Buddhists and Muslims still remained, same with Dutch Indonesia, British and America in China etc etc the local population surviving doesn’t mean zilch in Asia, because the cultures west of Afghanistan were more evolved.
 
British never gets a free pass from Indians, there is a reason why majority blockbusters of Indian cinema from Lagaan, Kranti to recent RRR are anti-British.

On Islam thats your faith and everyone likes their own faith, British ruled India as well and Hindus ,Buddhists and Muslims still remained, same with Dutch Indonesia, British and America in China etc etc the local population surviving doesn’t mean zilch in Asia, because the cultures west of Afghanistan were more evolved.
If you can claim that we don’t ever question Mughals when they deviated from Islam in terms of whatever wrong they did I can easily say that Indians don’t hold British and Americans to the same standard for their war crimes despite going to their lands to reside in, but are ready to jump Muslims for far less. That’s the whole point that in the post that you quoted of mine first up.

That’s why I found it ironic that the guy who I quoted is talking about Muslims “enforcing their philosophy” while he resides in a state and country that is a product of ethnic cleansing and enforcing their philosophy.
 
California judge orders hearing request to limit military in LA

A federal judge in California has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the state's request for an emergency order to stop Donald Trump from using the military for immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles, our partner network NBC News reports.

We reported earlier that California governor Gavin Newsom had filed an emergency motion blocking National Guard troops and the marines from assisting with immigration raids (see post at 8.25pm).

Now, US district judge Charles Breyer has granted the Trump administration's request for more time to respond.

The Trump administration has been given until until tomorrow to file a response, with a hearing set for Thursday.


SKY News
 
Trump brings receipts he called Newsom amid LA riots as California gov claims there wasn't 'even a voicemail'

President Donald Trump hit back at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's claims that the president did not recently call him, telling Fox News he spoke to the governor for about 16 minutes on Saturday.

Trump told Fox News Tuesday while traveling to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that Newsom did not pick up his first call over the weekend, but that he picked up the second call and the pair spoke for about 16 minutes on Saturday.

"I told him to, essentially, ‘Get his ass in gear,’ and stop the riots, which were out of control," Trump said Tuesday. "More than anything else, this shows what a liar he is – said I never called."

Trump provided a screenshot of the phone call dated June 7 at 1:23 a.m.

White House director of communications Steven Cheung added in comment to Fox Digital Tuesday afternoon: "The President called Gavin Newsom to tell him to get his ass in gear. The Governor has clearly decided to disgustingly side with the violent rioters instead of protecting Californians. The only liar here is Newsom who continues to fail his state as he prioritizes doing interviews with leftist media to gaslight the public instead of helping his state."

Earlier Tuesday, Trump held an event addressing wildfire response and prevention from the Oval Office, where he fielded a handful of questions from the media regarding the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angles, telling a reporter he spoke to Newsome "a day ago."

"A day ago. I called him up to tell him (he's) got to do a better job. He's done a bad job," Trump said.

In a response post on X, Newsom claimed Trump did not call him or leave a voicemail in the past day.

"There was no call. Not even a voicemail. Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to," Newsom posted to X Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by video of Trump in the Oval Office.

"This call is from 3 days ago," the governor's press office added on X following the White House's pushback on Newsom's claim that Trump did not call.

Newsom's office added in an email to Fox News Digital Tuesday that: "The Governor’s comment is clearly in regards to the President’s comment this morning of ‘a day ago,’" adding that Newsom had already confirmed his Saturday phone call in a media interview on Sunday.

Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon added in a comment to the Sacramento Bee Tuesday: "I just personally looked through the governor’s phone. No missed call. No voicemail. Nothing. The last time they spoke was Friday when the governor called him."

Los Angeles descended into violent riots Friday when federal immigration officials converged on the city to carry out raids targeting illegal immigrants. Local leaders such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom, however, quickly denounced the raids in public statements while offering words of support for illegal immigrants in the state.

Protests over the raids soon devolved into violence as rioters targeted and launched attacks on federal law enforcement officials.

Trump announced Saturday that he was deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to help quell the violence. The Trump administration also deployed hundreds of U.S. Marines to respond to anti-immigration chaos on Monday evening as the violence continued.

"If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now," Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday morning.

 
British never gets a free pass from Indians, there is a reason why majority blockbusters of Indian cinema from Lagaan, Kranti to recent RRR are anti-British.

On Islam thats your faith and everyone likes their own faith, British ruled India as well and Hindus ,Buddhists and Muslims still remained, same with Dutch Indonesia, British and America in China etc etc the local population surviving doesn’t mean zilch in Asia, because the cultures west of Afghanistan were more evolved.

If that were true, you'd see a lot more Indians being critical of Brits rather than Mughals, and you'd also see them standing up for minority rights abroad rather than bootlick their hosts by crooning about how well they integate compared to Pakistanis.
 
If that were true, you'd see a lot more Indians being critical of Brits rather than Mughals, and you'd also see them standing up for minority rights abroad rather than bootlick their hosts by crooning about how well they integate compared to Pakistanis.
There are , you just don’t care about that, Shashi Tharoor has been shouting at top of his voice.
Not sure what are you guys on about bootlick, it would had made sense had the entire Pakistani nation not debted to west or China.
 
There are , you just don’t care about that, Shashi Tharoor has been shouting at top of his voice.
Not sure what are you guys on about bootlick, it would had made sense had the entire Pakistani nation not debted to west or China.

I see you missed the point entirely about Indians abroad crooning to their hosts about how well they integrate compared to Pakistanis. There's your bootlicking for you.

As for Pakistan debt, do you ever see Pakistanis defending this? They are hypercritical of their govt.
 
I see you missed the point entirely about Indians abroad crooning to their hosts about how well they integrate compared to Pakistanis. There's your bootlicking for you.

As for Pakistan debt, do you ever see Pakistanis defending this? They are hypercritical of their govt.
Not the government taking so much loans but sure.
 
It was you who specifically gave debts as an example. Did you want me to address something else?
Yes Indians should learn from Pakistani Establishment, take loans from West and then use it to create mansions in Europe.
Only bootlicking here is killing their own countrymen.
 
Yes Indians should learn from Pakistani Establishment, take loans from West and then use it to create mansions in Europe.
Only bootlicking here is killing their own countrymen.

Do you understand we are talking about general civilians and posters, not govts? Seems I am talking about the people in general and you are talking about Pakistan govt.
 
Over 30 people arrested in Spokane

More than 30 people have been arrested in Spokane, Washington, after anti-ICE protests in the city Wednesday, the city’s police chief Kevin Hall said.

The arrests have been “predominantly misdemeanor arrests,” Hall said during a news conference late Wednesday local time.

“There was no tear gas administered… and no rubber bullets,” he said. “What you saw out there was inert smoke,” Hall added, referring to smoke that is non-toxic and non-explosive.

Ahead of the curfew, police donned gas masks and deployed a device that released smoke into the crowd, according to KHQ’s video.

The mayor of Spokane, Lisa Brown, earlier Wednesday declared a state of emergency and announced a curfew in certain areas.

Large groups of protesters took to the city’s streets on Wednesday afternoon, carrying signs and blocking roads, according to video from CNN affiliate KHQ. They were demonstrating outside an ICE facility against raids and potential deportations.

“As the crowd grew, as the crowd resisted several orders to disperse, I issued the curfew with ample time to let people leave the area,” Brown said during the news conference.

CNN
 
LA under curfew for second night after hundreds arrested

A curfew is in place for a second night in Los Angeles after nearly a week of unrest in the city over US immigration raids.

Multiple people were arrested for violating the downtown curfew shortly after it came into effect at 20:00 local time (03:00 GMT), the BBC's US partner CBS reported.

Nearly 400 people have been arrested in LA since protests began on Friday, including 330 undocumented migrants and 157 people arrested for assault and obstruction, including one for the attempted murder of a police officer.

Federal prosecutors have so far charged two men for throwing Molotov cocktails at police officers in two separate incidents.

A total of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines have been deployed to help quell the unrest. Some of those National Guard troops are now authorised to detain people until police can arrest them.

As the overnight curfew began, LA Mayor Karen Bass wrote on X that it was designed to "stop bad actors who are taking advantage of the president's chaotic escalation".

She had earlier blamed the demonstrations on US President Donald Trump's immigration raids, which she said "provoked" residents by causing "fear" and "panic".

"A week ago, everything was peaceful," she told a news conference on Wednesday.

"Things began to be difficult on Friday when raids took place."

Bass suggested Los Angeles was "part of a national experiment to determine how far the federal government can go in taking over power from a local government, from a local jurisdiction".

She has previously called on the administration to end the raids.

Overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday, Los Angeles police said they made "mass arrests" after a fifth day of protests over the immigration action.

In a series of statements, the city's police department said that those detained included 203 people arrested for failure to disperse, 17 for curfew violations, three for possession of a firearm, and one for assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.

Two officers were injured in the skirmishes, the statement added.

On Tuesday, Bass declared an overnight curfew within a relatively small area of the city's downtown district, saying businesses were being vandalised and looted.

After the LA curfew came into force at 20:00 local time on Tuesday, police moved through downtown areas, firing rubber bullets to try to disperse crowds.

Explaining the curfew on Tuesday, Bass said she wanted "to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting", saying the city had reached a "tipping point".

The curfew order affects an area of about one square mile in the second-largest city in the US.

Police chief Jim McDonnell said: "Some of the imagery of the protests and the violence gives the appearance as though this is a city-wide crisis, and it is not."

Pam Bondi, the US Attorney General, told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that the curfew "helped a bit".

Elsewhere, the immigration raids have continued, alongside the National Guard troops.

The National Guard and Marine forces deployed to Los Angeles do not have the authority to make arrests, only to detain protesters.

"They are strictly used for the protection of the federal personnel as they conduct their operations and to protect them to allow them to do their federal mission," said Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who is leading the deployment, on Wednesday.

Some 500 National Guard troops have already been trained to accompany agents on immigration raids and some troops have already temporarily detained people in LA protests, Sherman told US media outlets.

Those troops are authorised to detain people until police are able to arrest them, he said.

Trump's row with state officials ramped up after he deployed troops to LA. The president has now vowed to "liberate" the city, but he has been accused by California Governor Gavin Newsom of an "assault" on democracy.

Trump earlier this week defended his decision to send troops, saying it was to prevent the city being "conquered by a foreign enemy".

Newsom hit back at the president: "He again chose escalation; he chose more force."

The California governor, who is seen as a potential presidential contender for the Democratic Party, warned that "other states are next".

On Wednesday, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth backed Trump's move, telling a Senate hearing that sending the troops to Los Angeles was "lawful and constitutional".

The military deployment to the LA area will cost $134m (£99m), the Pentagon said.

Trump described the protests as a "full-blown assault on peace and public order" while addressing troops at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina.

The Republican president said he plans to use "every asset at our disposal to quell the violence".

Meanwhile, Trump's political row with state officials has intensified. The president has described the protesters as "animals" and vowed that "this anarchy will not stand".

He urged troops to boo the names of Newsom and Joe Biden, his presidential predecessor, during his Fort Bragg speech.

In televised remarks of his own on Tuesday night, Newsom again criticised the president's rare deployment of the US military without a request from state officials. He accused Trump of a "brazen abuse of power".

"California may be first – but it clearly won't end here," he said. "Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault right before our eyes."

Trump has set a goal for border agents of at least 3,000 daily arrests as he seeks to ramp up mass deportations, a signature pledge of his re-election campaign.

Since assuming office, the president has drastically reduced illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border to historically low levels.

A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted in early June, before the protests kicked off, found 54% of Americans saying they approved of Trump's deportation policy, and 50% approved of how he was handling immigration.

That compares with smaller numbers of 42% who gave approval to his economic policy and 39% for his policy on tackling inflation.

BBC
 
During operation I predicted 3rd world war will gonna happened between Islamic nations and rest of world…. But the way Trump is behaving nowdays, most likely Third World War will happened between Trump Vs rest of the world
 
Trump administration blocked from deploying National Guard to LA

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's deployment of California's National Guard to Los Angeles and called the move illegal.

The judge's order to return control of the troops to California Governor Gavin Newsom will not go into effect immediately and the administration has filed an appeal.

The state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his order to deploy the troops without Newsom's consent.

Trump said he was sending the troops - who are typically under the governor's authority - to stop LA from "burning down" in protests against his immigration crackdown. Local authorities have argued they have the situation in hand and do not need troops.

US District Judge Charles Breyer said the question presented by California's request was whether Trump followed the law set by Congress on the deployment of a state's National Guard.

"He did not," the judge wrote in his decision. "His actions were illegal... He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith."

But the judge stayed the order until Friday afternoon to give the Trump administration time to appeal against it. The administration did so almost immediately after the order was issued.

Newsom posted on social media on Thursday afternoon that "the court just confirmed what we all know — the military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets".

The Trump administration has said it took over California's National Guard to restore order and to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they swept up people in Los Angeles who were believed to be in the country illegally.

Despite Newsom's objections, Trump ordered a total of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to help quell the unrest. Some of the Guard troops are now authorised to detain people until police can arrest them.

A president last deployed the National Guard without a governor's consent more than 50 years ago - during the civil rights era. It is more common for a governor to activate troops to deal with natural disasters and other emergencies, and then ask for federal assistance.

Before a packed courtroom on Thursday, a justice department attorney told Judge Breyer that Newsom did not need to be consulted when Trump issued his order.

"Governor Newsom was fully aware of this order…he objected to it," Attorney Brett Shumate said. "There is one commander-in-chief of the US armed forces."

"No," Judge Breyer, the younger brother of former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, responded.

"The president isn't the commander -in-chief of the National Guard," he said but added there were times and situations where the president could become the head of the troops.

Breyer, who had donned a light blue bowtie, invoked the Constitution multiple times during the hearing, holding up a booklet copy of the document at one point.

"We're talking about the president exercising his authority. And the president is, of course, limited in his authority," he said. "That's the difference between a constitutional government and King George.".

The Trump administration used a law that allows the president to call the National Guard into federal service when a "rebellion" is happening.

But California said in its lawsuit that the protests that have spanned nearly a week in LA - and included more than 300 arrests and the shutting down of a major freeway - did not rise to that level.

"At no point in the past three days has there been a rebellion or an insurrection. Nor have these protests risen to the level of protests or riots that Los Angeles and other major cities have seen at points in the past, including in recent years," the lawsuit read.

BBC
 
US Marines deployed to Los Angeles after Trump wins court battle

U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles on Friday, the military said, a rare domestic use of its forces as protests over President Donald Trump's immigration raids spread nationwide.

On Thursday, a court ruled in favor of Trump's bid to retain the National Guard in L.A. in reaction to the growing backlash against his immigration policy since his return to power in January.

About 200 Marines will be protecting a federal building in Los Angeles, Army Major General Scott Sherman, said on Friday. The administration has authorized a total of 700 Marines to be deployed in the city.

Neither the Marines nor the National Guard troops in the city had temporarily detained anyone, he added.
"I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities," he said during a briefing.

It is uncommon for active duty troops to be used domestically during civil disturbances.
The last time the military was used for direct police action under the Insurrection Act was in 1992, when the California governor at the time asked then President George H.W. Bush to help respond to Los Angeles riots over the acquittal of police officers who beat Black motorist Rodney King.


 
US Marines make first detention in LA as more protests expected

U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles made their first detention of a civilian on Friday, part of a rare use of military force to support domestic police and coming ahead of national protests over President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington.

The detention of a the man, a U.S. Army veteran and an immigrant who obtained U.S. citizenship, punctuated a series of highly unusual events that have appealed to Trump supporters but outraged other Americans who are demonstrating discontent in the streets.

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Trump ordered the Marines to Los Angeles in response to street protests over immigration raids, joining National Guard forces already deployed to the city over the objection of California's governor. Trump said troops were necessary to quell the protests - a contention that state and local officials dispute.

About 1,800 protests are scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday in opposition to the Washington military parade that marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.

Both the military parade and domestic use of active duty troops are uncommon for the United States, as was the military detention of a U.S. citizen on American soil. It was also unusual when federal agents forcibly removed and handcuffed a U.S. Senator on Thursday as he interrupted a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Trump has thrived politically on unconventional tactics.

But Democratic opponents are starting to push back. Fifteen protests are expected in Los Angeles alone, Mayor Karen Bass said, urging people to remain peaceful.

"We are here today because the raids have caused fear and panic," Bass said, joined by two dozen elected officials to oppose the raids and military presence. "Can the federal government come in and seize power from a state and from a local jurisdiction? How much will the American people put up with?"

About 200 Marines were assigned to protect the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, part of a battalion of 700 Marines sent to support the National Guard, said Army Major General Scott Sherman, who is in command of both the National Guard and Marine forces.

The Marines and National Guard deployed in Los Angeles are assigned to protect federal property and personnel and may temporarily detain people, but they are required to turn them over to civilian law enforcement for any formal arrest.

ARMY VETERAN DETAINED

Reuters witnessed Marines detain one person at the Wilshire Federal Building. Reuters images showed Marines restraining his hands with zip ties and then handing him over to civilians from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nearly two hours later.

U.S. military confirmed the detention after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active duty troops.

The detained man, Marcos Leao, 27, an immigrant and a U.S. Army veteran, said after he was released that he was told to get on the ground upon venturing into a restricted area, as he crossed a line of yellow tape to avoid walking around the building.

Leao, who said he is Portuguese and Angolan and became a U.S. citizen through the military, said he complied with all commands and that the Marines apparently mistook him for a protester when he simply had business with the Veterans Administration office inside the building.

"They treated me very fairly," Leao said, adding that he was told, "Understand, this is a whole stressful situation for everybody, and we all have a job."

Asked about the incident, the U.S. military's Northern Command spokesperson said active duty forces "may temporarily detain an individual in specific circumstances," and that the detention would end when the person is transferred to civilian law enforcement.

DHS referred press queries to the Northern Command.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles demonstrations continued for an eighth straight day, after they were sparked last Friday by a series of immigrations raids.

The demonstrations have been concentrated in the downtown area, and fewer than 1% of those present have caused problems, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

Some people have been charged with assaulting a police officer, looting, or damaging property.

There was a "big difference" between legitimate protesters and "people who are coming out to cause problems," Luna said at a press conference in which law enforcement officers said they welcomed peaceful protests on Saturday but warned they would arrest those who harm others or damage property.

Bass implemented a curfew over one square mile (2.5 square km) of the downtown area, which officials said has been useful for maintaining order.

Bass said there was "no termination date" for the curfew.

"We are hoping that if the cause of the turmoil ends, which is stopping the raids, then I can almost guarantee you the curfew will go away in short order," Bass said.

 
Dodgers say immigration agents denied entry to Los Angeles stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers say they blocked federal agents from entering their stadium on Thursday, as protests against immigration enforcement continue in the city.

In a post on social media, the baseball team said "ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots", and were subsequently turned away.

Los Angeles is among the cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have ramped up raids to find and deport undocumented migrants.

ICE responded to the Dodgers statement on X: "False. We were never there."

The Department of Homeland Security too issued a statement saying the agents' presence at the stadium "had nothing to do with the Dodgers".

"CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," DHS said. It is unclear why the officials were at the stadium.

This comes as Dodgers are expected to announce that they will assist immigrants who have been impacted by the raids in the city, US media report.

No details have been disclosed, but it would be the team's first official response to the raids.

Dodgers player Kiké Hernández took to Instagram to voice his criticism of the raids on Los Angeles, saying he is "saddened and infuriated by what's happening in our country and our city".

"This is my second home. And I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart," he said.

The crackdown in Los Angeles is part of President Donald Trump's policy to be tougher on immigration.

The move has sparked massive protests, prompting Trump to send 700 US Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area to support the federal response to the unrest.

The raids in America's second-biggest city are unfolding against the backdrop of an aggressive push to raise arrest and deportation numbers, as the administration has been disappointed with its current pace.

Meanwhile, White House border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that the Trump administration will resume immigration raids at worksites.

"The message is clear: we're going to continue conducting worksite enforcement operations, including on farms and in hotels, but on a prioritised basis. Criminals come first," Homan told reporters.

The statement comes days after DHS announced reversing recent guidance that called for a pause on operations at those places.

BBC
 
Trump visits 'Alligator Alcatraz', the next step in his immigration crackdown

US President Donald Trump has visited the new Florida detention centre dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz", where around 3,000 migrants are expected to be held as part of his crackdown on illegal immigration.

While touring the facility in the Florida Everglades, Trump said it will soon hold the most "menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet".

The administration said alligators, crocodiles and pythons in the surrounding wetlands would keep detainees from escaping.

Some state lawmakers, the local mayor, environmental groups and neighbours oppose its construction, saying it could harm an important ecosystem.

"We're surrounded by miles of treacherous swampland and the only way out is, really, deportation," Trump said on the tour.

He added that he "wouldn't want to run through the Everglades for long" and that anyone who attempted to do so would be met by "a lot of cops in the form of alligators".

The facility is designed to hold 3,000 detainees, with the first expected to arrive as soon as Wednesday. A second facility - meant to house 2,000 people - is going to be built near Jacksonville.

During his visit, amid sweltering heat and humidity, Trump toured a medical facility in the complex, as well as a large air-conditioned tent that will house detainees, with several enclosures surrounded by chain-link fence.

Speaking to reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he intends to deputise members of the state's National Guard Judge Advocate Corps, or Jags, to act as immigration judges and facilitate rapid removals from the country.

The president said the facility "could be" a model for future such facilities, adding that his administration was actively working with the governments of several Republican-run states, such as Louisiana, to find other suitable locations.

"They can have their hearings, to get due process and then immediately be flown back home to their home countries," said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who accompanied Trump on the trip.

Trump said he already approved of the governor's plan.

Both Trump and Noem said they believed the facility would encourage undocumented migrants to self-deport.

Noem claimed one million had already done so, but admitted the government was unsure of the true figure, as some had left the country without using the official Customs and Border Protection app and because their countries of origin had not yet provided data.

The new facility will cost about $450m (£332m) a year to run, according to Noem, and funding will mostly come from a temporary shelter and services programme that the Federal Emergency Management Agency previously used to fund accommodation for undocumented immigrants in US cities.

Local residents who live near the site, like Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Native American community, have told the BBC they are worried that the temporary facility will become permanent.

"I have serious concerns about the environmental damage," she said, as she stood next to a canal where an alligator was swimming.

Experts warn the damage to area wetlands and endangered species could undo the state's massive effort to restore the Everglades, which has cost Florida billions of dollars. It is home to endangered species such as the Florida panther and the West Indian manatee.

Elise Pautler Bennett, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, described the Everglades as "the most sensitive place in Florida", making development of a detention centre there "risky".

"Any other project that would have been proposed in the Everglades would have gone through an intense environmental approval process, I'm convinced this one didn't get that because it's a political stunt," Ms Bennett told the BBC.

The move to build a new centre comes as human rights organisations warn detentions centres are becoming overcrowded.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently has a record 59,000 detainees in custody nationwide, 140% above its capacity, according to data obtained by CBS, the BBC's news partner.

Like the former prison Alcatraz in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, which Trump has said he wants to reopen, the facility will be hard to reach.

It will be situated on the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a public airport around 58km (36 miles) from Miami.

BBC
 
Relentless immigration raids are changing California's way of life

When immigration agents came to the farm where he worked, Jaime Alanis tried to hide.

Climbing to the roof of a greenhouse, while agents rounded up and arrested dozens of his coworkers below, Mr Alanis hoped to stay out of sight.

Then he fell.

His neck was broken and skull fractured. He died later in hospital.

Meanwhile, immigration agents fired teargas at a crowd of some 500 protestors, who had gathered to stop the raids outside two legal cannabis farms. Some threw rocks, and the FBI says one fired a gun at federal agents.

Mr Alanis's death, and the violent clashes that ensued at those cannabis farms, are the latest examples of the kind of chaos that has swept across Southern California since the beginning of June, when immigration raids began to intensify in the region.

Those crackdowns sparked protests, which led to US President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard and US Marines, to protect federal officers from the demonstrators and to ensure that his mass deportations, which he had long promised, were carried out.

While many Americans support President Trump's tough immigration policies, the relentlessness of the raids in the region has also triggered a fierce backlash from neighbours and activists. Southern California is home to an estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants, many of whom have been forced into hiding - too afraid to go to work, school or even the grocery store.

In so doing, the raids have altered the landscape of one of the country's most populous regions. Businesses are shuttered, cities have cancelled community events - including Fourth of July fireworks celebrations.

"Everyone's looking over their shoulders," says a "raspado" vendor in Los Angeles on a recent Sunday, where normally crowded soccer fields and picnic tables were mostly deserted. As she prepared the shaved ice with sweet strawberry syrup, she seemed wary of questions but grateful for a customer.

"It's never like this," she said.

The raids at the two cannabis farms are now being touted as the largest immigration operation since President Trump took office.

Of the 361 migrants detained during those raids, four had "extensive" criminal records, including rape, kidnapping, and attempted child molestation, media reported. Immigration officers also found 14 migrant children, who the administration claims have been "rescued from potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking".

While the administration frequently highlights the convicted rapists, murderers and drug dealers they have arrested in operations, scores of immigrants - many with no criminal convictions who have spent decades building businesses, families and homes - have been caught in the crosshairs.

"They just kidnap you," says Carlos, who didn't want his full last name used out of fear that he could be deported to his native Guatemala. He has been too afraid to go to work since his sister, Emma, was detained while selling tacos outside a Home Depot last month. "If I'm brown, if I'm Hispanic, they just come and catch you and take you."

The Trump administration says claims that people are being targeted because of their skin colour are "disgusting" and false.

Carlos says he feels a bit safer since a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to stop "indiscriminately" detaining people with "roving patrols" of federal agents. But he doesn't trust that they will stop, and he needs to go back to work.

"How am I going to pay my rent," he says. "I'm stuck inside."

Churches and immigrant rights groups have been organising food delivery for people in hiding. They have also been training people to protect immigrants out on the streets using apps, text chains and social media to alert people when federal agents are nearby.

When dozens of armed agents in camouflage descended on MacArthur Park on horseback and in armoured vehicles earlier this month, few were surprised.

Word had spread quickly of the operation – and rumours had swirled that "la migra" was coming hours before the troops arrived. Dozens of protesters swarmed in to greet the troops – including LA Mayor Karen Bass, who demanded they leave the park.

Witnesses say no arrests were made and no one was seen running to escape. By the time troops arrived – with professional looking camera crews recording the overt show of force – the only people in the park were protesters, some kids at a summer camp, and some homeless people asleep in the grass.

"It's been gut wrenching," says Betsy Bolte, who lives near the park and had showed up to protest and yell obscenities at the agents.

"It's war against the people – the heart and soul of the economy. And it's all intentional. It's part of the plan," she said, crying while showing reporters her footage.

Activists accuse the government of terrorising its own people.

"This is part of a programme of terror. From Los Angeles to the Central Coast, the Trump administration is weaponising the federal government and military against Californians," says the advocacy group CAUSE.

But not all Californians agree.

President Trump won 38% of the ballots in November. Recently, the BBC featured the story of one woman who is still devoted to the president and his mass deportation plans, even while she's locked up as an illegal immigrant.

And a lone Trump supporter showed up at the protest at the cannabis farm last week, only to be beaten and jeered at and spit on by protesters.

Perhaps ironically, the architect of many of President Trump's deportation policies, is an Angeleno himself. Senior White House aide Stephen Miller was raised in liberal Santa Monica where even as a teenager he was known on conservative radio for condemning the use of Spanish in his school.

He told Fox News this week that California's "violent" Democratic politicians who show up to protest were inciting violence against federal immigration agents.

"No city can aid and abet an invasion of this country over the will of the American people and the law enforcement officers empowered to enact the American people's wills," he said.

President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan says Los Angeles has itself to blame because LA's sanctuary laws prevent local law enforcement from cooperating with immigration agents inside jails, where they could detain immigrant offenders outside of the public eye.

"We're going to double down, triple down on sanctuary cities," Mr Homan told reporters, adding that they do not have such overt public raids in Florida because all the sheriffs there let immigration agents into the jails to detain immigrants.

"If they don't let us arrest the bad guy in the county jail, they're going to arrest them in the community. We're going to arrest them at a work site."

In Los Angeles, the impact of the month of raids is noticeable. In parks and neighbourhoods once bustling with shoppers, foot traffic, music and street vendors, the absence of familiar sounds is eerie.

There are 88 cities in LA County and many of them have cancelled public summer events due to the ongoing immigration enforcement activity.

"Many residents have expressed fear and uncertainty, leading them to remain indoors, refrain from work, and withdraw from daily public life," the city of Huntington Park said in a statement about cancelled events. "Our priority is and will continue to be the safety and peace of mind of our community.

Now some immigrants are afraid to turn up for their scheduled hearings, because they are being detained outside court.

Pastor Ara Torosian of Cornerstone Church in West LA said the bulk of his Persian language congregants were asylum seekers. One couple with a three-year-old daughter were detained outside court when they showed up for what they thought was a "routine" hearing. Now they are in Texas at a family detention centre.

Five members of his congregation were detained in June – two of them on the street as Pastor Torosian filmed and begged the agents to stop.

"The are not criminals," he said. "They were obeying everything, not hiding anything."

BBC
 
US appeals court keeps bar on Los Angeles federal immigration arrests

A federal appeals court late on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision temporarily barring U.S. government agents from making immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles without probable cause.

Rejecting the Trump administration's request to pause the lower court's order, the three-judge appeals panel ruled that the plaintiffs would likely be able to prove that federal agents had carried out arrests based on peoples' appearance, language and where they lived or worked.

President Donald Trump called National Guard troops and U.S. Marines into Los Angeles in June in response to protests against the immigration raids, marking an extraordinary use of military force to support civilian police operations within the United States.

The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities joined a lawsuit filed in June by the American Civil Liberties Union accusing federal agents of using unlawful police tactics such as racial profiling to meet immigration arrest quotas set by the administration.

A California judge last month blocked the Trump administration from racially profiling immigrants as it seeks deportation targets and from denying immigrants' right to access to lawyers during their detention.

In Friday's unsigned decision, the judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit largely rejected the administration's appeal of the temporary restraining order.

The judges agreed with the lower court in blocking federal officials from detaining people based solely on "apparent race or ethnicity," speaking Spanish or accented English, or being at locations such as a "bus stop, car wash, tow yard, day laborer pick up site, agricultural site, etc."

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside business hours.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the order a victory for the city. "The Temporary Restraining Order that has been protecting our communities from immigration agents using racial profiling and other illegal tactics when conducting their cruel and aggressive enforcement raids and sweeps will remain in place for now," she said in a statement.

Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, welcomed the ruling in statement: "This decision is further confirmation that the administration's paramilitary invasion of Los Angeles violated the Constitution and caused irreparable injury across the region."

 
Chicago mayor signs order to resist potential Trump crackdown

The mayor of Chicago has signed an order detailing how the city will resist a potential immigration crackdown threatened by the Trump administration.

"We do not need nor want an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat. The order directs city agencies on how to respond to possible immigration enforcement actions.

Trump has already deployed about 2,000 troops to Washington DC, and has threatened to extend the order to Chicago, which he says is a "mess". There are also reports the administration is planning a surge of federal immigration agents into the city.

A White House spokesperson described Johnson's order as "a publicity stunt."

The order is the latest chapter in an escalating feud between the White House and Illinois state and local officials over violent crime and immigration.

It demands that Trump and federal agents "stand down from any attempts to deploy the US Armed Forces" in the city.

The order also restates a number of existing city policies, including requirements that law enforcement officers wear body cameras and identifying information, and a ban on wearing masks.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers have been sharply criticised in other cities for concealing their identities.

Johnson said city officials would help residents understand their rights if they encounter immigration enforcement, while ruling out allowing local officers to participate in joint patrols with federal agents.

Local officials say more than one in five residents is an immigrant, with more than half coming from Latin American countries. It is unclear how many are living in Chicago without official documentation.

Trump, a Republican, has said America's third largest city as "a killing field", arguing crime in the city constitutes an emergency.

His threats to deploy the National Guard have been described as an abuse of power by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

"Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicise Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families," said Pritzker, a Democrat.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Chicago officials were making fighting crime a partisan issue.

"If these Democrats focused on fixing crime in their own cities instead of doing publicity stunts to criticise the President, their communities would be much safer."

BBC
 
Business chiefs urge Trump to ease up on immigration crackdown after Hyundai raid

President Donald Trump is facing calls from business leaders to "turn the page" on his immigration crackdown after a raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia.

It was the largest such raid in US immigration history, sweeping up 475 workers, including about 300 people from South Korea.

The decision to target the project, backed by a company the president has celebrated for putting money and factories in the US, sparked shock and outrage in South Korea, where politicians and business leaders have warned it will chill willingness to invest in the US.

In the US, business groups said the raid was likely to hit local business activity as well, as it scares off key parts of the workforce.

"Those actions are having ripple and ancillary effects on others, real and unintended, unfortunately whether they're in legal status or not," said Jeff Wasden, president of State Business Executives, which represents state lobby groups from businesses across the economy.

He said he had emailed the White House on Monday, hoping the moment provided an opening to shift from enforcement to fixes to the US immigration system.

While praising Trump for stopping the flow of migrants across the border, he said the raids were generating "fear" and "dampening" US economic activity.

"We've got to turn the page," he said. "It's time to focus on the workforce and how we fix some of these programmes and problems."

Visa tensions

Since the raid, construction at the site, a partnership between Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions that will make batteries for its electric cars, has halted.

LG and other top South Korean firms have also put new limits on business travel to the US, according to South Korean media.

South Korean officials have indicated that many of those detained who were from South Korea had entered the US on temporary visas that allow workers to visit for business meetings or conferences, but not paid employment in the US.

Such visas have been a common workaround used by businesses in the country, which have long been frustrated that they do not benefit from a more expansive visa programme, like one currently enjoyed by countries such as Australia.

Many Trump supporters oppose loosening visa rules, arguing that such programmes have been used by big business to import cheaper foreign workers and freeze out American citizens.

But as the US pushes to reshore industries such as semiconductors, trade groups say there are not enough workers with the necessary skills in the US.

In a statement to the BBC, Jae Kim, president of the Southeast US Korean Chamber of Commerce, a group aimed at boosting ties between South Korea and the south-eastern US, said it was "not an easy process" for foreign firms to secure visas, especially for temporary workers.

He warned that the hold-ups made it "hard to make such next generation manufacturing projects prosper in the US" and urged a "stronger balance" of US priorities.

In remarks to reporters over the weekend, Trump has acknowledged the complaints about the visa process, telling reporters: "We're going to look at that whole situation."

In a follow-up post on social media, Trump said foreign investments were "welcome", but called on foreign companies to "please respect our Nation's Immigration Laws".

"We encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so," he wrote on Sunday, adding: "What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers."

But it's not clear to what extent the administration plans to alter its approach.

In an appearance on CNN on Sunday, border czar Tom Homan said more worksite raids were coming.

Trump has previously confronted tensions between his promises to ease the way for business and his aggressive immigration policies.

Before he even took office, his supporters broke out in a bitter online brawl about whether the administration should make it easier for companies to secure visas for high-skilled tech workers.

The fight pitted Elon Musk and other tech gurus who had supported his campaign against former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon.

Cracks in the coalition emerged again this June, as the White House stepped up its worksite raids, drawing outcry from farmers and hotels. The administration suggested it would modify its approach, only to reaffirm crackdown a few days later.

Jennie Murray, chief executive of the National Immigration Forum, a group that advocates for immigrants and has been involved in discussions about reforms, said the recent messages from the White House had been "mixed".

But she said some top Trump officials, including those from the labour and agriculture departments, had been receptive to business concerns about workplace raids, which previous presidents have largely avoided due to their controversy and economic costs.

She said she saw those arguments making inroads, especially as economic costs of raids like the one in Georgia become evident.

"The impact is starting to speak for itself," she said. "As the economy continues to take hits and really starts to slow, which is likely going to happen in the next couple of months, I think there are a lot of folks who are willing to have conversations about what those solutions are."

But Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute, said he had seen little sign that the administration was preparing to change its approach.

He added of the president: "He's highly tuned to pressure. If the pressure becomes large enough, he'll alter the policy but we haven't seen that yet."

BBC
 


* Visas are used principally by tech sector
* Over 70% of beneficiaries of H-1B visas enter US from India
* Latest move in Trump's broader immigration crackdown
 
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* Visas are used principally by tech sector
* Over 70% of beneficiaries of H-1B visas enter US from India
* Latest move in Trump's broader immigration crackdown
I warned you months ago that the mood here was not only about Latin America.

The H-1B system was rife with abuse, especially from India. No longer. Perhaps you hope that these tech companies will outsource and save you? Not likely when these are 6 figure jobs that Americans want and will get. The days of laying off American workers in favor of workers from overseas is over.

What have you to say now?
 
I warned you months ago that the mood here was not only about Latin America.

The H-1B system was rife with abuse, especially from India. No longer. Perhaps you hope that these tech companies will outsource and save you? Not likely when these are 6 figure jobs that Americans want and will get. The days of laying off American workers in favor of workers from overseas is over.

What have you to say now?
This will only be effective if there is a law against Offshoring.. if not no job effects in US.
 
This will only be effective if there is a law against Offshoring.. if not no job effects in US.
that's already in process. There's a bill in congress called the HIRE act that will tariff offshore services.
 
that's already in process. There's a bill in congress called the HIRE act that will tariff offshore services.
The reason HIRE act isn’t an executive action like the H1B is because Trump will use that as a bargaining tool like he did for tariffs for favours.

We will talk about when that passes , and if there are loopholes for companies you will exactly know why.
 
that's already in process. There's a bill in congress called the HIRE act that will tariff offshore services.
If you read through the HIRE Act, its absolutely unsustainable as its against the very fabric of multinational organizations. How can one differentiate whether a service being offered for a product development is only limited to the US market and not globally?

Except support roles directly for the US market, the lines are very blurred. And the HIRE Act is against all nations. It will be very difficult to pass that way.

There is a reason companies are shifting to GCC model. While its offshoring in some sense, for an MNC, its an in-shoring expansion to a different geography.

Have to wait and see. Definitely, there will be negative impact, but opportunities do arise thru how we deal with it. Have to wait and watch how the scenario unfolds.
 
that's already in process. There's a bill in congress called the HIRE act that will tariff offshore services.
Are you talking about this? :inti

The bill would create a 25% excise tax under new Section 5000E on any “premium, fee, royalty, service charge, or other payment” to a foreign person for labor or services if the benefit is directly or indirectly “directed to consumers located in the United States.” The bill would also deny a deduction for any outsourcing payments and increase the penalty for any failure to pay taxes related to those payments.

 
RESTRICTION ON ENTRY OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT WORKERS

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United States to perform additive, high-skilled functions, but it has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor. The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security. Some employers, using practices now widely adopted by entire sectors, have abused the H-1B statute and its regulations to artificially suppress wages, resulting in a disadvantageous labor market for American citizens, while at the same time making it more difficult to attract and retain the highest skilled subset of temporary workers, with the largest impact seen in critical science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
The number of foreign STEM workers in the United States has more than doubled between 2000 and 2019, increasing from 1.2 million to almost 2.5 million, while overall STEM employment has only increased 44.5 percent during that time. Among computer and math occupations, the foreign share of the workforce grew from 17.7 percent in 2000 to 26.1 percent in 2019. And the key facilitator for this influx of foreign STEM labor has been the abuse of the H-1B visa.
Information technology (IT) firms in particular have prominently manipulated the H-1B system, significantly harming American workers in computer-related fields. The share of IT workers in the H-1B program grew from 32 percent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 to an average of over 65 percent in the last 5 fiscal years. In addition, some of the most prolific H-1B employers are now consistently IT outsourcing companies. Using these H 1B-reliant IT outsourcing companies provides significant savings for employers: one study of tech workers showed a 36 percent discount for H-1B “entry-level” positions as compared to full-time, traditional workers. To take advantage of artificially low labor costs incentivized by the program, companies close their IT divisions, fire their American staff, and outsource IT jobs to lower-paid foreign workers.
Further, the abuse of the H-1B visa program has made it even more challenging for college graduates trying to find IT jobs, allowing employers to hire foreign workers at a significant discount to American workers. These effects of abuse of H-1B visas have coincided with increasing challenges in the labor market in which H-1B workers serve. According to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively — more than double the unemployment rates of recent biology and art history graduates. Recent data reveals that unemployment rates among workers in computer occupations jumped from an average of 1.98 percent in 2019 to 3.02 percent in 2025.
Reports also indicate that many American tech companies have laid off their qualified and highly skilled American workers and simultaneously hired thousands of H-1B workers. One software company was approved for over 5,000 H-1B workers in FY 2025; around the same time, it announced a series of layoffs totaling more than 15,000 employees. Another IT firm was approved for nearly 1,700 H-1B workers in FY 2025; it announced it was laying off 2,400 American workers in Oregon in July. A third company has reduced its workforce by approximately 27,000 American workers since 2022, while being approved for over 25,000 H-1B workers since FY 2022. A fourth company reportedly eliminated 1,000 jobs in February; it was approved for over 1,100 H-1B workers for FY 2025.
American IT workers have reported they were forced to train the foreign workers who were taking their jobs and to sign nondisclosure agreements about this indignity as a condition of receiving any form of severance. This suggests H-1B visas are not being used to fill occupational shortages or obtain highly skilled workers who are unavailable in the United States.
The high numbers of relatively low-wage workers in the H-1B program undercut the integrity of the program and are detrimental to American workers’ wages and labor opportunities, especially at the entry level, in industries where such low-paid H-1B workers are concentrated. These abuses also prevent American employers in other industries from utilizing the H-1B program in the manner in which it was intended: to fill jobs for which highly skilled and educated American workers are unavailable.
The abuse of the H-1B program is also a national security threat. Domestic law enforcement agencies have identified and investigated H-1B-reliant outsourcing companies for engaging in visa fraud, conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and other illicit activities to encourage foreign workers to come to the United States.
Further, abuses of the H-1B program present a national security threat by discouraging Americans from pursuing careers in science and technology, risking American leadership in these fields. A 2017 study showed that wages for American computer scientists would have been 2.6 percent to 5.1 percent higher and employment in computer science for American workers would have been 6.1 percent to 10.8 percent higher in 2001 absent the importation of foreign workers into the computer science field.
It is therefore necessary to impose higher costs on companies seeking to use the H-1B program in order to address the abuse of that program while still permitting companies to hire the best of the best temporary foreign workers.
The severe harms that the large-scale abuse of this program has inflicted on our economic and national security demands an immediate response. I therefore find that the unrestricted entry into the United States of certain foreign workers who are described in section 1 of this proclamation would be detrimental to the interests of the United States because such entry would harm American workers, including by undercutting their wages.
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Restriction on Entry. (a) Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000 — subject to the exceptions set forth in subsection (c) of this section. This restriction shall expire, absent extension, 12 months after the effective date of this proclamation, which shall be 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 21, 2025.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall restrict decisions on petitions not accompanied by a $100,000 payment for H-1B specialty occupation workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, who are currently outside the United States, for 12 months following the effective date of this proclamation as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary of State shall also issue guidance, as necessary and to the extent permitted by law, to prevent misuse of B visas by alien beneficiaries of approved H-1B petitions that have an employment start date beginning prior to October 1, 2026.
(c) The restriction imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any individual alien, all aliens working for a company, or all aliens working in an industry, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, in the Secretary’s discretion, that the hiring of such aliens to be employed as H-1B specialty occupation workers is in the national interest and does not pose a threat to the security or welfare of the United States.
Sec. 2. Compliance. (a) Employers shall, prior to filing an H-1B petition on behalf of an alien outside the United States, obtain and retain documentation showing that the payment described in section 1 of this proclamation has been made.
(b) The Secretary of State shall verify receipt of payment of the amount described in section 1 of this proclamation during the H-1B visa petition process and shall approve only those visa petitions for which the filing employer has made the payment described in section 1 of this proclamation.
(c) The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State shall coordinate to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement this proclamation and to deny entry to the United States to any H-1B nonimmigrant for whom the prospective employer has not made the payment described in section 1 of this proclamation.
Sec. 3. Scope and Implementation of Restriction on Entry. (a) The restriction on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall apply only to aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States after the effective date of this proclamation as set forth in section 1(a) of this proclamation.
(b) No later than 30 days following the completion of the H-1B lottery that immediately follows this proclamation, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor, a recommendation on whether an extension or renewal of the restriction on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation is in the interests of the United States.
Sec. 4. Amending the Prevailing Wage Levels. (a) The Secretary of Labor shall initiate a rulemaking to revise the prevailing wage levels to levels consistent with the policy goals of this proclamation consistent with section 212(n) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(n).
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall initiate a rulemaking to prioritize the admission as nonimmigrants of high-skilled and high-paid aliens, consistent with sections 101, 212, and 214 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1182, and 1184.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

DONALD J. TRUMP

 
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