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| US immigration officials raid California farms as Trump ramps up conflict | US immigration officials raid California farms as Trump ramps up conflict |
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| Stepped-up ‘enforcement activity’ to fulfill arrest quotas leads to reports of agents chasing workers across farmland | Stepped-up ‘enforcement activity’ to fulfill arrest quotas leads to reports of agents chasing workers across farmland |
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| US immigration officials have increased “enforcement activity” in California’s agricultural heartland as the conflict between the state and Donald Trump’s administration intensifies. | US immigration officials have increased “enforcement activity” in California’s agricultural heartland as the conflict between the state and Donald Trump’s administration intensifies. |
| Immigrant advocacy groups reported multiple actions across the state, where an estimated 255,700 farm workers are undocumented, and said agents pursued workers through blueberry fields and staged operations at agricultural facilities. | Immigrant advocacy groups reported multiple actions across the state, where an estimated 255,700 farm workers are undocumented, and said agents pursued workers through blueberry fields and staged operations at agricultural facilities. |
| The increasing raids come as Ice ramps up its efforts to meet a reported quota of 3,000 detentions a day set by Stephen Miller, Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff. The raids have been sharply criticized by advocacy groups and local officials. | The increasing raids come as Ice ramps up its efforts to meet a reported quota of 3,000 detentions a day set by Stephen Miller, Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff. The raids have been sharply criticized by advocacy groups and local officials. |
| “Any federal actions designed to terrorize and separate farm worker communities is an attack on Californians and a dangerous waste of resources,” the United Farm Workers union said in a statement. “Indiscriminate raids and chaotic sweeps put public safety at risk.” | “Any federal actions designed to terrorize and separate farm worker communities is an attack on Californians and a dangerous waste of resources,” the United Farm Workers union said in a statement. “Indiscriminate raids and chaotic sweeps put public safety at risk.” |
| Meanwhile, in Los Angeles police announced they arrested more than 200 people in the city’s downtown area on Tuesday, after crowds gathered in defiance of an overnight curfew imposed following days of protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown and military deployment. | Meanwhile, in Los Angeles police announced they arrested more than 200 people in the city’s downtown area on Tuesday, after crowds gathered in defiance of an overnight curfew imposed following days of protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown and military deployment. |
| Late on Tuesday night local time, the LAPD wrote on X that “multiple groups” continued to congregate within the designated downtown curfew area. “Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated,” it said. Police arrested just over 200 people for allegedly failing to disperse, while there were 17 arrests for curfew violations, three for firearm possession and one for assault with a deadly weapon. Two officers were injured, the LAPD said in a statement. | Late on Tuesday night local time, the LAPD wrote on X that “multiple groups” continued to congregate within the designated downtown curfew area. “Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated,” it said. Police arrested just over 200 people for allegedly failing to disperse, while there were 17 arrests for curfew violations, three for firearm possession and one for assault with a deadly weapon. Two officers were injured, the LAPD said in a statement. |
| The mayor, Karen Bass, had announced a 10-hour curfew for the area of downtown where demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have continued. The curfew ran from 8pm to 6am. | The mayor, Karen Bass, had announced a 10-hour curfew for the area of downtown where demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have continued. The curfew ran from 8pm to 6am. |
| The LAPD said it had carried out more than 300 arrests of protesters in the last two days. | The LAPD said it had carried out more than 300 arrests of protesters in the last two days. |
| The crackdown came after California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, filed an emergency request to block the Trump administration from using military forces to accompany Ice officers on raids throughout LA. | The crackdown came after California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, filed an emergency request to block the Trump administration from using military forces to accompany Ice officers on raids throughout LA. |
| Trump has ordered the deployment of 4,000 national guard members and 700 marines to LA after days of protests driven by anger over aggressive Ice raids that have targeted garment workers, day labourers, car wash employees and members of immigrant communities. | Trump has ordered the deployment of 4,000 national guard members and 700 marines to LA after days of protests driven by anger over aggressive Ice raids that have targeted garment workers, day labourers, car wash employees and members of immigrant communities. |
| Across the country, NBC reported that Ice was preparing to deploy tactical units to several more cities run by Democratic leaders, citing two sources familiar with the plans, who named four of the cities as Seattle, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. | Across the country, NBC reported that Ice was preparing to deploy tactical units to several more cities run by Democratic leaders, citing two sources familiar with the plans, who named four of the cities as Seattle, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. |
| Newsom and the California attorney general, Rob Bonta, alleged in a pair of lawsuits filed on Monday and Tuesday that Trump’s takeover of the state’s national guard, against the governor’s wishes, was unlawful. On Tuesday, a federal judge declined to immediately rule on California’s request for a restraining order and scheduled a hearing for Thursday. | Newsom and the California attorney general, Rob Bonta, alleged in a pair of lawsuits filed on Monday and Tuesday that Trump’s takeover of the state’s national guard, against the governor’s wishes, was unlawful. On Tuesday, a federal judge declined to immediately rule on California’s request for a restraining order and scheduled a hearing for Thursday. |
| In a speech, Newsom condemned Trump for “indiscriminately targeting hard-working immigrant families” and militarising the streets of LA, recounting how in recent days Ice agents had grabbed people outside a Home Depot, detained a nine-months-pregnant US citizen, sent unmarked cars to schools, and arrested gardeners and seamstresses. | In a speech, Newsom condemned Trump for “indiscriminately targeting hard-working immigrant families” and militarising the streets of LA, recounting how in recent days Ice agents had grabbed people outside a Home Depot, detained a nine-months-pregnant US citizen, sent unmarked cars to schools, and arrested gardeners and seamstresses. |
| “That’s just weakness masquerading as strength,” the governor said. “If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant based only on suspicion or skin colour, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.” | “That’s just weakness masquerading as strength,” the governor said. “If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant based only on suspicion or skin colour, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.” |
| Newsom warned that Trump would not stop at California and encouraged people to stand up to the president. “What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him,” he said. | Newsom warned that Trump would not stop at California and encouraged people to stand up to the president. “What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him,” he said. |
| Trump, meanwhile, delivered a deeply partisan military speech earlier on Tuesday, calling the LA protesters “animals” and vowing to “liberate Los Angeles”. | Trump, meanwhile, delivered a deeply partisan military speech earlier on Tuesday, calling the LA protesters “animals” and vowing to “liberate Los Angeles”. |
| Speaking at a event in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to recognise the 250th anniversary of the US army, Trump made the baseless claim that the demonstrations were being led by paid “rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion”. Trump also repeated a viral conspiracy theory that pallets of bricks were left out for protesters to hurl at police officers. | Speaking at a event in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to recognise the 250th anniversary of the US army, Trump made the baseless claim that the demonstrations were being led by paid “rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion”. Trump also repeated a viral conspiracy theory that pallets of bricks were left out for protesters to hurl at police officers. |
| In past days, thousands of troops have been deployed to LA over the objections of Democratic officials and despite concerns from local law enforcement. | In past days, thousands of troops have been deployed to LA over the objections of Democratic officials and despite concerns from local law enforcement. |
| US military troops in the city do not have the authority to arrest people, but they are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrest them, Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who is leading the deployment, said on Wednesday. The 700 US marines who will be deployed are receiving training on civil disturbances and will not have live ammunition in their rifles while in the city, he said. | US military troops in the city do not have the authority to arrest people, but they are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrest them, Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who is leading the deployment, said on Wednesday. The 700 US marines who will be deployed are receiving training on civil disturbances and will not have live ammunition in their rifles while in the city, he said. |
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| Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, said he expected the military would remain in the city for 60 days at a cost of at least $134m. | Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, said he expected the military would remain in the city for 60 days at a cost of at least $134m. |
| Trump said troops would remain until there was “no danger” and said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act. “If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. | Trump said troops would remain until there was “no danger” and said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act. “If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. |
| Trump defended the military deployment on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday morning, writing: “If our troops didn’t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground. The great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help!!!” | Trump defended the military deployment on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday morning, writing: “If our troops didn’t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground. The great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help!!!” |
| California’s lawsuit said: “Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth have sought to bring military personnel and a ‘warrior culture’ to the streets of cities and towns where Americans work, go to school and raise their families. Now they have turned their sights on California, with devastating consequences.” | California’s lawsuit said: “Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth have sought to bring military personnel and a ‘warrior culture’ to the streets of cities and towns where Americans work, go to school and raise their families. Now they have turned their sights on California, with devastating consequences.” |
| The deployment of the national guard and marines is strongly opposed by California Democrats, as well as by every Democratic governor in the US. Alex Padilla, a California senator, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that protests against Ice and the subsequent legal showdown between his state and the government was “absolutely a crisis of Trump’s own making”. | |
| He said: “There are a lot of people who are passionate about speaking up for fundamental rights and respecting due process, but the deployment of national guard only serves to escalate tensions and the situation. It’s exactly what Donald Trump wanted to do.” | He said: “There are a lot of people who are passionate about speaking up for fundamental rights and respecting due process, but the deployment of national guard only serves to escalate tensions and the situation. It’s exactly what Donald Trump wanted to do.” |
| Padilla said the Los Angeles sheriff’s department had not been advised of the federalisation of the national guard. He said his office had pressed the Pentagon for a justification, and “as far as we’re told, the Department of Defence isn’t sure what the mission is here”. | Padilla said the Los Angeles sheriff’s department had not been advised of the federalisation of the national guard. He said his office had pressed the Pentagon for a justification, and “as far as we’re told, the Department of Defence isn’t sure what the mission is here”. |
| Jim McDonnell, the LA police chief, said on Monday that the department and its local partners had decades of experience responding to large-scale demonstrations and that they were confident in their ability to continue doing so. | Jim McDonnell, the LA police chief, said on Monday that the department and its local partners had decades of experience responding to large-scale demonstrations and that they were confident in their ability to continue doing so. |
| “The arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles, absent clear coordination, presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,” he said. | “The arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles, absent clear coordination, presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,” he said. |
| The US Northern Command, or Northcom, said in a statement on Monday that marines from the Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division “will seamlessly integrate” with forces “who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area”. | The US Northern Command, or Northcom, said in a statement on Monday that marines from the Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division “will seamlessly integrate” with forces “who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area”. |
| Northcom said the forces had been trained in de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force, and that approximately 1,700 soldiers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a California national guard unit, were already in the greater Los Angeles area. | Northcom said the forces had been trained in de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force, and that approximately 1,700 soldiers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a California national guard unit, were already in the greater Los Angeles area. |
| Robert Mackey and agencies contributed reporting | Robert Mackey and agencies contributed reporting |