# POTUS sends 2,000 National Guard troops to L.A. to handle ICE protests - 6/7/2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [June 8, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320 "2025-06-08T04:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/161 "2025-06-09T17:18:18Z")
You may be correct but since this is unknown territory it remains to be seen. I doubt they would be allowed to march into city hall past security without some type of challenge. But who knows. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/162 "2025-06-09T18:48:10Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What prevents DJT from invoking the Insurrection Act? Possibilities include: A. Trump is an idiot. B. It’s a mistake that any wannabe elected dictator’s staff could have made. C. Trump wants to establish that he’s above the law before possibly following some of it, as he did with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I go for C on grounds you should not underestimate your adversary. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/163 "2025-06-09T20:06:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What prevents DJT from invoking the Insurrection Act? Ummm… 'cause he already tried an insurrection and it didn’t work? Congress should have had him in prison on 1/7. The DC cops and capitol police should have taken him into custody. I don’t care if he’s the queen of Sheba. He didn’t litter, he tried to overthrow the government of the United States of America. And he’s doing it again… You reap what you sow. And we turned the other way and whistle past the graveyard. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/164 "2025-06-09T20:26:22Z")
For those not familiar with Los Angeles, Downtown L.A. is a very small fraction of LA and is a generally crappy area where people don’t go to hangout like the downtown area of most major cities. The protests are in a small fraction of downtown. I drove from Santa Barbara through the San Fernando Valley into Hollywood and back yesterday and if you didn’t follow the news, you’d have no idea anything was going on. Similarly for the West Side where a lot of my family lives. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/165 "2025-06-09T20:29:04Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > For those not familiar with Los Angeles, Downtown L.A. is a small fraction of LA and is a generally crappy area where people don’t go to hangout like the downtown area of most major cities. Yep, and also LA is really spread out. Downtown has a few interesting historical parts, government building and office buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/166 "2025-06-09T20:30:47Z")
I have zero personal knowledge of LA and am very foggy on the geography. Nonetheless, I had the impression most of the protests were in various close-in suburbs of LA, not so much LA proper or downtown LA. Could someone please clarify this for me? Did I hear right? Am I mistaken? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/167 "2025-06-09T20:32:56Z")
They are in downtown LA. There is one major protest and that’s where it is. There were certainly the usual weekend protests everywhere which is like a few people holding signs. The 1992 Rodney King started in South Central and spread to everywhere more or less. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/168 "2025-06-09T20:36:06Z")
The protests earlier in the week were in small neighboring cities (not really suburbs) with large Latinx populations. The protestors that got the most attention yesterday were on the border of Downtown and Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/169 "2025-06-09T20:37:40Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Homan looks like he should be in a cage in a zoo. Yep, he’s dumb, loud nazi fucking ape. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/170 "2025-06-09T20:39:51Z")
Here is a map of Los Angeles and the red circle is where the major protest and the Army are and where the freeway was blocked. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/nl3kd3g.jpeg "Riot area") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/riot-area-00ybz4f) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/171 "2025-06-09T20:42:20Z")
**Moderating:** > [@Aeschines](#): > > Yep, he’s dumb, loud nazi fucking ape. This is not adding to the discussion of events, or evaluation Homan’s politics as applied to the situation. Wolfpup’s comments aren’t helpful either out of context, but were part of a more general post about why it _wasn’t_ appropriate to judge on appearances. I know this is an emotionally charged situation, but let’s keep the commentary on the actual events and political criticism rather than appearances - especially as it could easily become a severe hijack. _This is just a guidance, not a warning. Nothing on your permanent record._ ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/172 "2025-06-09T20:43:09Z")
My bad. Hadn’t read your mod comment yet downstream. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/173 "2025-06-09T20:43:10Z")
Paramount and Compton in the lower right of your map (and not in the City of LA) is where much of the action was on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/174 "2025-06-09T21:06:50Z")
Orangeanus says he supports Newsom’s arrest, weakly. And 700 marines arrive. 🙄 > **[As Trump endorses his arrest, Newsom sees ‘unmistakable step toward...](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-endorses-arrest-newsom-sees-unmistakable-step-authoritarianism-rcna211894)** > > There’s no reason to believe California Gov. Gavin Newsom has broken any laws. The president thinks it’d be “great” if the Democrat were arrested anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/175 "2025-06-09T21:11:49Z")
I suspect the feeling is mutual. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/176 "2025-06-09T21:33:52Z")
All these Marines and Guards are gonna be standing around for days with nothing to do and nowhere to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/177 "2025-06-09T23:14:54Z")
My daughter is in Sacramento for Jury Duty today and they have quite a few protestors there. Her husband has a friend with the police and he said they are preparing for riots. I just got home and haven’t had a chance to catch any locals news yet. They have CHP officers stationed at the entrance to the freeway near the train station. I hope they are overreacting a bit. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/178 "2025-06-09T23:20:13Z")
Unless there was some chatter out there that I’m not aware of, I really don’t think anyone, except perhaps for the insurrectionists themselves, predicted that anything of the sort would happen. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/179 "2025-06-10T00:59:26Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Orangeanus says he supports Newsom’s arrest, weakly. And 700 marines arrive. 🙄 Trump passionately hates Newsom and I’m sure is itching for any excuse to arrest him. This would precipitate a pretty serious national crisis but this is exactly what Trump’s destructive tendencies are looking for. Meanwhile, Don Jr has weighed in with another one of his usual intelligent and insightful opinions regarding the LA protesters: shoot them! > **[Trump Jr adds fuel to LA crisis suggesting ‘Rooftop Koreans’ should shoot...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/la-protests-donald-trump-jr-koreans-b2766271.html)** > > President’s son mocks demonstrators as tensions in California city continue ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/180 "2025-06-10T01:00:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > active duty Marines is crossing a serious line. It’s been crossed. > **[700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles amid ongoing ICE protests](https://abc7.com/post/700-marines-deployed-los-angeles-amid-ice-protests/16707616/)** > > Amid ongoing protests in response to ICE raids and arrests in Los Angeles, 700 Marines in California have been ordered to assist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320.md?page=10)