What began as a lawful operation turned into outright insurrection in the so‑called sanctuary city of Los Angeles. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted multiple strikes Friday — targeting a Home Depot, fashion warehouses, clothing outlets in downtown L.A., and a meat‑packing plant in Paramount — arresting deportable illegal aliens, including some with criminal records.
The result? Large crowds descended, blocking lanes, hurling bricks and chunks of concrete, setting trash fires, smearing graffiti on federal buildings, and assaulting federal vehicles.
BREAKING: @FoxNews has obtained intense video showing @CBP agents’ perspective inside their vehicle as it is pelted with rocks while they attempt to leave the anti-ICE protest in Paramount, CA today. You can hear & see the windows & windshield breaking w/ each hit. Federal source… pic.twitter.com/2oo2N4GzU1
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 7, 2025
According to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin:
Federal sources ID some of the criminal illegal alien targets ICE arrested in their LA operation yesterday & today, which sparked violent protests. They include multiple gang members, convicted sex offenders, violent gun offenders, & drug offenders. One has already been deported. They include:
Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a national of the Philippines who has prior convictions for sexual penetration with a foreign object, assault with intent to commit rape, and burglary, all in California.
ARMANDO ORDAZ, a Mexican national & known gang member with a convictions for sexual battery, receiving stolen property, and theft in Los Angeles.
VICTOR MENDOZA-AGUILAR, a previously deported Mexican national & known gang member with convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, and possessing drug paraphernalia.
DELFINO AGUILAR MARTINEZ, a Mexican national with a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury in LA.
BREAKING: Federal sources ID some of the criminal illegal alien targets ICE arrested in their LA operation yesterday & today, which sparked violent protests. They include multiple gang members, convicted sex offenders, violent gun offenders, & drug offenders. One has already been… pic.twitter.com/WyZJ5JFLK4
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 8, 2025
Speeches by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass played a pivotal role: their condemnations of the ICE operations have effectively served as rallying cries for “rioters” and lawless protestors.
Meanwhile, thousands of National Guard troops — and even active‑duty Marines on alert — have descended on the city.
Trump Administration officials, including Homeland Security Czar Tom Homan, have described the eruption as an “insurrection” pushed by radical Democrats who have “allowed lawlessness to fester” in sanctuary cities.
In response, federal authorities stood firm. President Trump authorized 2,000 California National Guard troops under Title 10 — a significant escalation rarely used — and positioned Marines nearby.
DHS and ICE made clear: attacks on federal officers will result in prosecution, regardless of elected officials’ allegiances.
Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s former running mate, Nicole Shanahan, dropped a bombshell accusation against America’s sanctuary cities and the Deep State — and it’s striking a nerve with fed-up Americans across the country.
I smell CIA/deep state all over this. Sanctuary cities like LA strategically encouraged erratic and violent migrants to seek refuge and now are using them to violently attack federal law enforcement officers.
They have no respect for our laws, they use our entitlements, and they destroy our cities. This will be the fate of all sanctuary cities if we let this madness continue.
“Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours. They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers” (Deut 28:43-45). These words were written thousands of years ago and still hold true today.
Newsom and Bass want this altercation with Trump. They will trade a city on fire if it means they can score political points. Meanwhile, California suffers. Will we ever wake up from this nightmare?
I smell CIA/deep state all over this. Sanctuary cities like LA strategically encouraged erratic and violent migrants to seek refuge and now are using them to violently attack federal law enforcement officers.
They have no respect for our laws, they use our entitlements, and they… pic.twitter.com/u1zSxciFQb
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) June 8, 2025
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