Police detain a man during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles, on June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. Photo: CFP

California Governor Gavin Newsom said US President Donald Trump is "pulling a military dragnet" across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday, according to ABC News. The Democratic governor's remarks come after Trump ordered the deployment of nearly 5,000 troops, including National Guard and Marines, to the nation's second-largest city.

Newsom said Trump's immigration crackdown has gone well beyond arresting criminals and that "dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers and seamstresses" are among those being detained. "California may be first — but it clearly won't end here," Newsom said.

A curfew issued in a part of downtown Los Angeles will be in effect from 8 pm Tuesday to 6 am Wednesday, Mayor Karen Bass announced during a news conference, according to CNN.

The area of downtown Los Angeles where the curfew will take place is 1 square mile, Mayor Karen Bass said. The total area of the city is 502 square miles, she noted.

Hundreds of protesters are marching in New York City this evening. Crowd gathered in New York City's Foley Square outside federal buildings and ICE offices first at around 5 pm East Time, and then they continued to march for several blocks to get to another ICE office location and immigration court, where they chanted for several minutes. The New York Police Department is letting the march go on and there is no show of force visible, according to CNN.

Two immigration courts in the San Francisco Bay Area closed at 1:00 pm Tuesday due to protests, according to a source familiar with the situation, per CNN.

As Los Angeles continues to reel, several masked people on Monday night looted an Apple store in the city, according to Times of India.

A video has gone viral on social media where several masked individuals can be seen breaking into the Apple store and looting gadgets. Many were seen rushing out of the store as police arrived.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the military will remain in Los Angeles "until there's peace," amid criticism of his mobilization of the California National Guard and 700 Marines to the city, CNN reported.

"I just want to see peace. If there's peace, we get out. If there's even a chance of no peace, we stay there until there's peace, and a lot of people are being arrested. The rioters or whatever you want to call them. They better know a lot of people are being arrested. They're going to be in jail for a long time," the president told reporters at Joint Base Andrews.

He also said the National Guard will stay in the city "until there is no danger."

Visiting Fort Bragg, a military installation in North Carolina, Trump offered a campaign-style rally for members of the US Army. Trump described the participants in protests as " rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion of our country," according to Al Jazeera.

"What you're witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion of our country," he told troops at Fort Bragg.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has filed an emergency motion in federal court to block National Guard members and Marines from assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles, Associated Press reported.

"Trump is turning the [US] military against American citizens," Newsom wrote on X.

Meanwhile, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum of encouraging violent protests in Los Angeles, according to Bloomberg. "Claudia Sheinbaum came out and encouraged more protests in LA and I condemn her for that," Noem said during a presidential press conference Tuesday, a day after Sheinbaum spoke out against what she described as human rights violations during the detention of Mexicans participating in the demonstrations. "She should not be encouraging violent protests that are going on."

Sheinbaum quickly responded in a social media post, calling Noem's accusations "absolutely false." "Our position is and will continue to be the defense of honest, hardworking Mexicans who help the US economy and their families in Mexico," Sheinbaum said in the post. "I am certain that dialogue and respect are the best path to understanding between our peoples and our nations, and that this misunderstanding will be cleared up."

Global Times