Protesters arrested, tear gassed as Trump deploys U.S. Marines

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Protesters demonstrating against the U.S. administration's aggressive immigration policies set off fireworks and occupied streets along a Los Angeles neighbourhood on Monday (June 9) evening.

Tensions have been rising since President Donald Trump activated the National Guard in response to the street protests opposing immigration raids.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 9, 2025) (ABC AFFILIATE KABC - No use USA. No archive) (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. ANTI-ICE (ANTI-IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT) PROTESTERS SETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN FRONT OF LINE OF RIOT POLICE

2. PROTESTERS GATHERING, POLICE CARS PARKED ALONG STREET

3. ROWS OF POLICE CARS

4. PROTESTERS GATHERING, WAVING MEXICAN FLAGS

5. MOTORCYCLIST RIDING IN CIRCLES WHILE PROTESTERS WAVE FLAGS

National Guard troops arrived to aid police in Santa Ana as hundreds of protesters took to the streets.

Though military forces have been deployed domestically for major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the attacks of September 11, 2001, it is extremely rare for troops to be used domestically during civil disturbances.

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6. NATIONAL GUARD ARRIVING, SOLDIERS PATROLLING ROADS WITH POLICE

7. POLICE LINE FACING OFF WITH PROTESTERS

8. PROTESTERS DURING RALLY, PERSON HOLDING SIGN READING (English): "No more detention, no more deportations, abolish ICE"

9. AUDIO OF FIREWORKS EXPLODING, PROTESTERS FLEEING, POLICE OFFICER FIRING TEAR GAS CANISTER

10. FIREWORKS EXPLODING ON STREET

Elsewhere, police in Austin, Texas dispersed and arrested protesters who had gathered in solidarity with those in Los Angeles.

Footage carried by local U.S. broadcasters showed police firing tear gas canisters at protesters and detaining some people.

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11. POLICE DISPERSING ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS, SMOKE RISING, AUDIO OF TEAR GAS CANISTERS BEING FIRED

12. PROTESTERS STANDING UP FROM BEHIND BARRIERS AND HOLDING SIGNS UP

13. VARIOUS OF POLICE ESCORTING DETAINED PROTESTER

14. POLICE PINNING DETAINED PROTESTER ONTO GROUND

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED ANTI-ICE PROTESTER, SAYING:

“Well they arrested a couple people and then started throwing mace at us, they started spraying people with mace, eventually they threw about 10 tear gas canisters, flooding the whole street with tear gas. They just became very aggressive. We were not being aggressive, and then they just got aggressive. When they decided it was over, they just pushed us and used a lot of force.”

16. POLICE CARRYING DETAINED PROTESTER

Eyewitness video showed demonstrators scuffling with police officers in Austin.

Brandon Farmahini's footage showed at least two protesters being restrained by police officers, before Farmahini himself began choking on tear gas.

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17. POLICE OFFICERS RESTRAINING PROTESTER / ANOTHER PROTESTER RUNNING INTO SCENE BEFORE BEING GRABBED BY POLICE / AUDIO OF PERSON SHOUTING (English): "He's a kid! He's a kid! He's a kid! Ah, shit!" / POLICE OFFICERS OUTNUMBERING PROTESTER AND PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND / TEAR GAS IN THE AIR / AUDIO OF PERSON SHOUTING (English) "Quit your job!" / AUDIO OF EYEWITNESS FILMING FOOTAGE, BRANDON FARMAHINI, GROANING AND SWEARING AFTER BEING STRUCK BY TEAR GAS

18. FARMAHINI TAKING OFF HIS GLASSES, WIPING EYES, COUGHING AND SPITTING

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EYEWITNESS, BRANDON FARMAHINI, SAYING:

"Well that sucked. I just got tear gassed. Fucking pointless, man. Fucking pointless."

Protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles toward the courthouse where labour leader David Huerta was being held.

Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California, was injured and detained by ICE at an unspecified location, according to an SEIU statement.

The union said Huerta was arrested "while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity."

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20. AERIAL OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING IN STREET

Huerta spoke to supporters and members of the media after being released from federal custody.

He had been arraigned on federal felony charges for impeding an officer.

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21. SEIU CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT, DAVID HUERTA, STANDING AMONG CROWD OF SUPPORTERS AND MEDIA

22. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SEIU CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT, DAVID HUERTA, SAYING:

"I just want to tell my members of USWW (SEIU-United Service Workers West) that I hope... I don't know if the right word is forgiveness... that was not my intention, to get arrested... but I hope that I have not put them in harm's way."

A convoy of buses was seen departing a U.S. military base in southern California late on Monday as the Trump administration ordered Marines into Los Angeles to quell the protests

The buses departed from the base in Twentynine Palms, according to ABC, where some 700 Marines were based.

Reuters could not independently verify whether the buses seen in the footage were carrying Marines.

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23. VARIOUS OF CONVOY OF BUSES WITH POLICE ESCORT DEPARTING U.S. MILITARY BASE

Still photographs provided by the U.S. Northern Command showed Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines preparing to depart for the greater Los Angeles area.

California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the marine deployment in a post on X as "illegal", saying that U.S. Marines "are not political pawns".

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24. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING MARINES STANDING NEXT TO VEHICLES

25. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MARINES WITH RIOT SHIELDS

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26. SCREENSHOT OF POST ON X FROM CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM, READING (English):

“U.S. Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country -- defending democracy. They are not political pawns.

The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend. It’s a blatant abuse of power. We will sue to stop this. The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling. This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!”

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, the city's headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security, to denounce ongoing immigration sweeps by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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27. POLICE OFFICERS STANDING IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER READING (English): “Torch fascism” and CHANTING (English): “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA”

28. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE THE JACOB K. JAVITS FEDERAL BUILDING

29. WRIST RESTRAINTS HANGING FROM POLICE OFFICER'S BELT

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30. PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER READING (English): “Disrupt. Disobey.”

31. PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS