Trump Orders Additional 2,000 National Guardsmen to LA as Riots Continue

The National Guardsmen will join 2,000 others already deployed in the city. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is critical of the move.

Police officers stand flanked by California National Guard members outside the Federal Building during a protest in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s administration has authorized 2,000 additional National Guardsmen to deploy to Los Angeles as riots continue across the city, adding to the more than 2,000 already in the city.

“At the order of the President, the Department of Defense is mobilizing an additional 2,000 California National Guard to be called into federal service to support ICE & to enable federal law-enforcement officers to safely conduct their duties,” Sean Parnell, the chief spokesperson for the Pentagon, wrote in a post on X.