section_path: Historical evaluations and public opinion/Public opinion/Immigration enforcement and protests against ICE
section_name: Immigration enforcement and protests against ICE
paragraph_text: Immigration enforcement and protests against ICE
  
  In early June 2025 in response to street protests against ICE actions, President Trump has activated and sent 2,100 members of the California National Guard to the Los Angeles area. He’s also placed 700 Marines on stand-by status. BBC reports that the National Guard has been seen protecting federal buildings and ICE locations, while local law enforcement has been making arrests and patrolling streets.
  
  As reported by HuffPost and Associated Press, the mayor of Los Angeles started a nighttime (8 pm) curfew June 10th expected to last for several days after 23 businesses were looted. This curfew applies to a 1-mile square area in a downtown sector and does not apply to the people who live there. Members of the National Guard have been present as ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, have made immigration arrests, which brings the National Guard one step closer to actual law enforcement. Thousands of people protested in front of the Los Angeles City Hall, mostly peacefully. Hundreds protested in front of a complex of federal buildings, again mostly peacefully. Most arrests have been for failure to disperse, although some have been for acts of violence.
  
  A June 13 Fox News article reported that Crowds on Demand, a California-based company, said it received "numerous high budget requests" to take part in riots. It declined, both from legal concern and from risks to its demonstrators. The company stated that it only takes clients who promote "impactful commonsense causes both for liberals and conservatives, but always represent(s) the commonsense position." Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) is launching an investigation to find out if other groups are funding the protests and/or riots.