Vice President JD Vance is in Los Angeles on Friday as protests in opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown proceed to grip the town.
Vance, a Marine veteran, is touring a multi-agency Federal Joint Operations Heart in addition to a Federal Cell Command Heart. Vance is anticipated to obtain a briefing from numerous companies working within the constructing together with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Division of Homeland Safety, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and native and state regulation enforcement.
The vp may even meet with management and Marines earlier than giving remarks, in response to his workplace.
His go to comes as protests and regulation enforcement conflict in Los Angeles over ICE’s raids and deportations — a key a part of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Vice President JD Vance speaks as he attends a navy parade to commemorate the U.S. Military’s 250th Birthday, on the day of his 79th birthday, in Washington, June 14, 2025.
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One other battle within the metropolis stems from Trump’s choice to deploy 1000’s of Nationwide Guardsmen and tons of of Marines to LA in opposition to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s needs.
A federal appeals court docket dominated on Thursday that Trump can maintain the Nationwide Guard in Los Angeles for now — permitting the president to proceed to make use of the navy to quell protests in opposition to his deportation plans. Trump known as the choice a “BIG WIN” in a social media publish.
Earlier this month, Vance attacked the protests and used the occasions unfolding in LA to push for passage of the megabill that may advance Trump’s legislative agenda.
“Insurrectionists carrying overseas flags are attacking immigration enforcement officers, whereas one half of America’s political management has determined that border enforcement is evil,” Vance wrote in an X publish. “Time to go President Trump’s stunning invoice and additional safe the border.”
U.S. Customs and Border Safety brokers standoff in opposition to demonstrators as tear fuel fills the air outdoors the U.S. Immigration and Customs constructing throughout a protest, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore.
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Many Democrats have spoken out in opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration practices. Final week, California Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat, was forcibly faraway from a Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem’s information convention on the subject after he stated he was making an attempt to ask a query.
