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Marines are now on duty in Los Angeles for the first time.

Last Updated: June 14, 2025, 5:09 AM EDT

Tensions are escalating between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to grip Los Angeles and spread to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Texas, and other cities.

Trump deployed about 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against Newsom's wishes.

A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the National Guard to Newsom, dealing the administration a temporary reprieve to what would have been a major reversal of its policy on the protests.

Jun 13, 2025, 1:34 PM EDT

Padilla pushes back against Noem's claim he barged into news conference

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., has continued to defend himself and refute the claims by the Trump administration that he crashed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference before federal officers shoved him outside the room, pushed him onto the floor and handcuffed him.

California Senator Alex Padilla is pushed to the ground and handcuffed during a press conference held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025.
The Office of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla

Padilla, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, provided more details about the incident during a Thursday night interview on MSNBC -- where he said he was not a threat and merely raised his voice to ask a question.

The senator claimed he did not barge into the news conference, as alleged by Noem, but rather he was in the federal building for an approved scheduled briefing with representatives of the Northern Command. He said the meeting was delayed by Noem's news conference, where she discussed the use of the National Guard in the city.
Padilla said he decided to go listen to the news conference and asked the National Guard and FBI agents with him if he could go.

"We're, the whole time, being escorted in this federal building by somebody from the National Guard, somebody from the FBI. I've gone through screening. This is a federal building. And so, I tell them, 'Let's go listen to the press conference.' They escort me over to that room," Padilla told MSNBC.

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Jun 13, 2025, 1:12 PM EDT

49 arrested in LA on Thursday night

Forty-nine people were arrested in downtown LA on Thursday night: 33 for failure to disperse, 13 arrests for curfew violation, one for resisting a police officer and one for pointing a laser at an airship, the LAPD said.

One person was arrested on a robbery warrant following a detention for curfew, police said.

Over 500 people have been arrested in LA since the protests began one week ago.

Members of the Sheriff's Response Team attempt to control protesters in downtown as demonstrations continue, June 12, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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-ABC News’ Alex Stone

Jun 13, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT

Appeals court delays order blocking Trump National Guard deployment

A federal appeals court on Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom, dealing the administration a temporary reprieve to what would have been a major reversal of its policy on the protests in LA.

A person holds up a sign during ongoing demonstrations in response to federal immigration operations near Los Angeles City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.
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Earlier Thursday, a federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Trump's deployment of California National Guard troops during protests over immigration raids in LA and returned control of the Guard to Newsom, who did not consent to the Guard's activation.

The order was set to take effect on noon Friday local time, but a panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay of the lower court’s order and set a hearing for June 17.

In a Friday morning post to Truth Social, Trump praised the appeals court's decision, saying once again, "If I didn’t send the Military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now."

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Jun 12, 2025, 6:25 PM EDT

Mayor Bass condemns Sen. Padilla incident: 'Shoved and cuffed a sitting US senator'

During a press conference on Thursday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass addressed how Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was physically removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference earlier in the day.

Bass said she has reached out to Padilla to express concern for his health and safety.

Addressing the incident, Bass said, "They've been threatening elected officials with arrests, and they just shoved and cuffed a sitting U.S. senator."

Bass highlighted that Padilla is the first Latino lawmaker to represent California in the U.S. Senate.

"He is not just any senator, he is the first Latino citizen senator," Bass said.

-ABC News' Irving Last

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