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Pentagon scales again its invasion of Los Angeles

Editorial Board Published July 16, 2025
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After weeks of infighting, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday night time ordered the withdrawal of roughly 2,000 Nationwide Guard troops from Los Angeles—about half of the whole power stationed there—amid mounting political backlash over their controversial presence.

“Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell mentioned in an announcement.

The transfer marks a serious scaling again of a army operation that started in early June, after a wave of immigration raids triggered citywide protests. President Donald Trump had federalized the California Nationwide Guard and dispatched 4,000 troops, together with greater than 700 active-duty Marines, in one of many largest home deployments in latest historical past.


Protesters collect close to the metropolitan detention heart on June 9, in downtown Los Angeles.

The White Home initially signaled a 60-day mission, but it surely’s unclear why the drawdown started forward of schedule—or how lengthy the remaining forces will keep. What’s clear is that the choice follows intense criticism from state and native Democrats, who slammed the mobilization as a politically motivated present of power.

By mid-June, most protests had quieted down, and Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew she had imposed in components of downtown Los Angeles. However the troops remained. In response to The New York Occasions, Nationwide Guard members had been seen standing with rifles exterior federal buildings and maneuvering by Los Angeles visitors in armored autos, elevating alarm in immigrant communities already rattled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement exercise.

Regardless of the authorized defeat, California officers saved the stress on. Bass and different leaders demanded a full withdrawal and framed the difficulty as one among state sovereignty and civil rights.

“This happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong,” Bass mentioned Tuesday. “We organized peaceful protests, we came together at rallies, we took the Trump administration to court—all of this led to today’s retreat.”

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The army has insisted that troops should not approved to arrest civilians, solely to detain people who pose a menace to federal personnel or property till legislation enforcement can take over. Nonetheless, the heavy presence has altered each day life in components of town, significantly immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. One LA-area mayor, Arturo Flores, a Marine veteran, described the actions of ICE and the presence of troops as a “campaign of domestic terror” and “psychological warfare.”

The drawdown is a significant shift, however not a full retreat. About 2,000 Nationwide Guard troops and 700 Marines stay within the area. Los Angeles remains to be below army watch, however for the primary time for the reason that deployment started, there’s a way that the tip might lastly be in sight.

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