# POTUS sends 2,000 National Guard troops to L.A. to handle ICE protests - 6/7/2025

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320>\
**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:** 1\
**Showing post:** 244

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 12, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320/244 "2025-06-12T22:15:57Z")

</div>

**Moderating:**

@Stranger_On_A_Train has opened up a dedicated thread for the Kristi Noem Conference / Senator Alex Padilla incident. Other than the causal relationship, most future discussion of that specific event is probably better there.

> [@Senator Alex Padilla Removed From Kristi Noem Press Conference and Handcuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-alex-padilla-removed-from-kristi-noem-press-conference-and-handcuffed/1019546):
>
> [[Federal agents force Sen. Alex Padilla to kneel on the ground before handcuffing him] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQ5YvT_28Y)[[LIVE: Alex Padilla speaks after removed from Kristi Noem’s press conference] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJKS4syY3GY)[["Bad Day for Lady Liberty": Sen. Whitehouse Reacts to Shocking Footage of Sen. Padilla] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7l_YQufmOI) Stranger

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-sends-2-000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a-to-handle-ice-protests-6-7-2025/1019320)._