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National security guards deployed in Los Angeles have the authority to temporarily detain anti-ice riots in Los Angeles, the Department of Homeland Security said.
President Donald Trump deployed around 4,000 national security guards in the cities as the riots continued, but Major General Scott Sherman said Wednesday there were only a handful of cases where they had detained civilians.
DHS Deputy Director Tricia McLaughlin says the military is on the ground to protect ice agents and other federal law enforcement groups.
“If an ice law enforcement officer is attacked, the military personnel have the authority to temporarily detain until law enforcement arrests them,” McLaughlin told Axios in a statement.
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National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles can temporarily detain anti-ice protesters before handing over to law enforcement, DHS says. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sherman told The Associated Press Wednesday that about 500 National Guard troops have been trained to date to help agents implement immigration operations in Los Angeles.
Immigration officers have already circulated photos of National Guard soldiers providing security to Department of Homeland Security agents.
Major General Scott Sherman of Task Force 51, which oversees the deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles, will speak with reporters on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at the joint training base in Los Aramitos, California. (AP photo/Amy Taxi)
He told the Associated Press that for the past few days, National Guard soldiers temporarily detained anti-ice protesters, but not much has happened as things have settled down.
Sherman also said the soldiers did not participate in arrests or law enforcement activities. Instead, he added that when police took them into custody, they let the agitators go.
US National Guard soldiers were deployed around downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025, and were subject to immigration raids the night before. (AP Photo/Eric Sayer)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has entered into a public feud with the Trump administration, accusing the state’s National Guard of “illegal” and “instructing” 2,000 state guard members of “illegal” without consulting with California law enforcement leaders.
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Meanwhile, the Trump administration said the ICE operation “sought to attract criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, gang rapes, drug dealers, human traffickers and domestic abusers on the streets.
Greg Wehner of Fox News contributed to this report.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter for Fox News Digital, covering national politics and major broken news events. Submit your tip to anders.hagstrom@fox.com or via Twitter: @hagstrom_anders.
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