Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a curfew in the downtown area starting tonight, following unrest sparked by federal immigration raids. The curfew will be in effect daily from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., with “limited exceptions” for local residents and those commuting to work.
Bass stated that the curfew will remain in place for several days and will be reassessed based on developments on the ground. She noted that 29 stores were looted, calling it an unprecedented escalation since the start of the federal operations.
In a breaking report by Agence France-Presse, Los Angeles police announced arrests as protesters defied the curfew.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump defended his decision to deploy the National Guard to California. In a speech to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, he claimed the city “would have burned” had he not sent in the troops, vowing to “liberate the city quickly.”
Trump also said Los Angeles is under attack by what he described as “foreign enemies,” suggesting that parts of the city are experiencing what he called an insurrection.
These fast-moving developments highlight a sharp escalation in the conflict between federal and local authorities on one side and residents and protesters angered by immigration policies on the other—placing Los Angeles at the center of a growing security and political crisis.
