LA Mayor Urges All Troops Be Sent Home, Saying Crowd Control ‘Is Not What Our Marines Do’

The federal government deployed the National Guard in June to protect federal buildings and agents enforcing immigration law.
LA Mayor Urges All Troops Be Sent Home, Saying Crowd Control ‘Is Not What Our Marines Do’
People protesting against ICE confront federal agents and California National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass responded to a drawdown of U.S. Marines in Los Angeles by urging the federal government to remove all remaining troops still deployed in the city.

“This is another win for Los Angeles but this is also a win for those serving this country in uniform,” Bass said in a July 21 statement following a press conference she held alongside state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat from Los Angeles, as well as veterans and the families of service members.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.