The anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles have entered uncharted territory—what began as a protest movement has now spiraled into something far more dangerous. With law enforcement under siege, cars burning in the intersections, federal facilities attacked, and now terrorist chants echoing through the streets, President Trump’s decisive action to federalize the National Guard may have come just in time.
On Monday, 2,000 National Guard troops were ordered into the city. Their mission: reinforce overstretched law enforcement, secure federal agents, and restore basic order to neighborhoods turned into battlegrounds.
BREAKING: MULTIPLE PROTESTORS IN LA HEARD CHANTING “ALLAHU AKBAR” WHILE WEARING KEFFIYEHS
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The escalation comes after waves of organized agitators assaulted ICE agents, hurled bricks and Molotov cocktails at DHS officers, and stormed key infrastructure points. Reports have surfaced of coordinated attacks involving commercial-grade fireworks and attempts to set police cruisers ablaze—clear signs this is no longer about peaceful dissent.
Marxists and Mexican nationalists are waging war against our country pic.twitter.com/lo3tFtYVJK
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And now, according to federal sources, the situation has taken an even more chilling turn. Amid the chaos, chants invoking terroristic slogans have been heard by federal agents attempting to protect their posts. Video from downtown LA captured some protesters shouting slogans affiliated with anti-American extremist ideologies—a disturbing shift from protest to provocation.
The vehicles have been burning so long that they are virtually disintegrated
I am on the ground at the LA riots pic.twitter.com/uPYi4xUal1
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This level of unrest, combined with the threat of ideological violence, pushed the Trump administration to go a step further: placing U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton on alert. The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines have been put in a prepared-to-deploy status, underscoring how seriously this is being taken at the highest levels of command.
BREAKING: LAPD just threatened to make arrests at the LA federal building but were overwhelmed by the riot mob.
They threw glass bottles and even smashed a police cruiser windshield.
I am on the ground now | LA riots pic.twitter.com/kiI4FpJFZf
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Unsurprisingly, California’s top Democrats are fuming. Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass blasted the National Guard deployment, calling it unnecessary and inflammatory. But their refusal to acknowledge the severity of the violence—or the fact that law enforcement was vastly outnumbered—has drawn sharp criticism from across the country.
Los Angeles in One Photo: pic.twitter.com/JBXOD2mnFd
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President Trump made it clear in his statement: “A once great American city has been invaded… Order will be restored, the illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free.” His administration is treating this not just as a riot—but as a coordinated insurrection against federal authority. And the military is now locked in for what may become the largest domestic federal deployment in years.
