Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, including Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- President Trump is calling for even more expanded deportation operations in several major cities across the country, including Los Angeles.

Trump in a social media posting called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials "to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."

The moves comes after large protests erupted in L.A. and other major cities against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

So far, it's not known how exactly that will impact L.A. But Sunday, at the president's directions, the Department of Homeland Security said it would pause most raids on farms, restaurants and hotels.

The Trump administration has continued widespread immigration enforcement activities -- with a reported goal of up to 3,000 deportations per day.

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested 575 people related to protest activity since they started earlier this month, police said Sunday, including 14 for looting.

Last week, President Donald Trump deployed 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 Marines to tamp down the disruptive demonstrations while the immigration raids continue.

A federal court hearing is set for Tuesday to determine whether Trump or California Gov. Gavin Newsom will control future National Guard activity going forward. Newsom challenged Trump's decision to federalize the Guard, an action U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said in a ruling last week did not follow congressionally mandated procedure.

His ruling was stayed by a three-judge appellate panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a Trump administration notice of appeal, temporarily keeping the National Guard troops under federal control, at least through Tuesday.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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Jun 12, 2025, 11:10 PM GMT

ICE raids trucking business in Compton

Another Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid unfolded in Compton on Thursday morning.

AIR7 was overhead at Saint George Logistics, a trucking company, just after 10 a.m.

Family members and onlookers were seen filming and opposing the raid, with one man standing in front of a van, not letting it pass.

Eyewitness News spoke to a brother and sister who showed up at the business when they heard what was going on. They said their father is a big rig driver for the company, and they were worried about his safety and well-being.

Family members and onlookers were seen filming and opposing the raid, with one man standing in front of a van, not letting it pass.

"I don't know what's going to happen, what's going to be... we know the plan A, plan B, but we don't know what's going to happen next," said Fanny Fernandez.

"This changes, like, the entire economic system that I have, with like, my family, right? And it's just like, it's a lot of panic in my mind," Ricardo Fernandez said. "My worry is, like, can I just walk around and like, I'm brown-skinned, right? Am I just going to get picked off whenever?"

They said their father has been living in the United States undocumented for 33 years, working for the trucking business and taking care of them.

When Eyewitness News first spoke to Ricardo and Fanny, they couldn't get ahold of their father. They thought he was holed up somewhere on the property in his truck, waiting for the all-clear to leave.

They later got in touch with their father, and he was able to leave.

Eyewitness News reached out to ICE, asking how many people were taken into custody on Thursday. Meanwhile, witnesses at the trucking company said the agents left without detaining anyone.

"The fear is real, it really is. I understand their frustrations. I understand their fear. In order for them to be safe, it's the best thing for us to do, is really to provide them with the resources in order for them to make sure that they are safe," Compton Mayor Emma Sharif said outside of the trucking company.

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Jun 12, 2025, 6:31 PM GMT

Trump says changes are coming to ICE raid policy: 'We must protect our farmers'

President Donald Trump is reversing course on his immigration raid policy when it comes to farm workers, he announced on Truth Social.

"Our great farmers and people in the hotel and leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long-time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," Trump wrote. "...We must protect our farmers, but get criminals out of the U.S.A. Changes are coming!"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the change is happening because Californians spoke up. "Keep it going. Keep it peaceful. It's working," he wrote on X.

In a post on social media, Newsom shared a story about a 12-year-old boy he met in Oxnard whose parents had been taken by agents. They had been working the fields for over 20 years.

"Donald Trump may not care about him, but he's finally listening to you calling out these indiscriminate acts of cruelty," Newsom said. "Let's keep up the pressure, and let's do it peacefully.

Newsom added that he is watching the Trump administration closely and will hold the president to his word.

Eyewitness News previously reported about ICE agents targeting workers on produce farms in Ventura County on Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids in Southern California.

Farm workers told Eyewitness News that ICE agents arrived at an Oxnard farm at around 6 a.m. Tuesday.

"We saw a car when we were on the side, the car was coming, and ICE was following the car," said one of the workers who asked to remain anonymous.

Video posted online showed ICE agents chasing after some of the workers as they fled the fields.

It is unclear how many people were detained during the operation.

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Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 PM GMT

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a federal building in Los Angeles Thursday morning.

While Noem was speaking, Padilla apparently tried to interrupt the press conference.

He took a few steps toward the podium when officers grabbed him and forcibly shoved him out of the room, as seen in video. He can be heard shouting "hands off" as he was removed.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke at a press conference on Thursday morning, but her remarks were interrupted when it appeared California Senator Alex Padilla was kicked out.

Padilla was detained by the Secret Service with the assistance of FBI uniformed police, senior law enforcement sources told ABC News. He was detained, but not arrested, according to those sources.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacted to the incident in a post on X, calling it "outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful."

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass also posted and said Padilla's removal was "absolutely abhorrent."

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Jun 12, 2025, 5:59 PM GMT

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks on LA protests

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in Los Angeles held a press conference Thursday to deliver remarks following days of anti-ICE protests across the region.

You can watch it live here starting at 11 a.m.