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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Fallout continues amid days of protests over a series of sweeps carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across the Los Angeles area.

For the past week, ICE agents have been spotted detaining people in numerous cities in the region.

Most demonstrations have been peaceful, but some protests became chaotic over the weekend. On Tuesday, Mayor Karen Bass enacted an overnight curfew on a one-square-mile section of downtown Los Angeles. The curfew was in effect for a second night Wednesday as smaller peaceful protests popped up in other parts of L.A. County.

Chaos erupted at a Department of Homeland Security press conference on Thursday morning when California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed while attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question.

Meanwhile, A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay of the lower court's order and set a hearing for June 17.

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Jun 12, 2025, 12:45 AM

Timeline: How ICE raids sparked LA protests

As demonstrations continue in Los Angeles and spread to other cities across California and the nation, watch the video for a timeline on how the conflict has unfolded.

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
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Jun 12, 2025, 6:31 PM GMT

Trump says changes are coming to ICE raid policy: 'We must protect our farmers'

President Donald Trump is reversing course on his immigration raid policy when it comes to farm workers, he announced on Truth Social.

"Our great farmers and people in the hotel and leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long-time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," Trump wrote. "...We must protect our farmers, but get criminals out of the U.S.A. Changes are coming!"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the change is happening because Californians spoke up. "Keep it going. Keep it peaceful. It's working," he wrote on X.

In a post on social media, Newsom shared a story about a 12-year-old boy he met in Oxnard whose parents had been taken by agents. They had been working the fields for over 20 years.

"Donald Trump may not care about him, but he's finally listening to you calling out these indiscriminate acts of cruelty," Newsom said. "Let's keep up the pressure, and let's do it peacefully.

Newsom added that he is watching the Trump administration closely and will hold the president to his word.

Eyewitness News previously reported about ICE agents targeting workers on produce farms in Ventura County on Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids in Southern California.

Farm workers told Eyewitness News that ICE agents arrived at an Oxnard farm at around 6 a.m. Tuesday.

"We saw a car when we were on the side, the car was coming, and ICE was following the car," said one of the workers who asked to remain anonymous.

Video posted online showed ICE agents chasing after some of the workers as they fled the fields.

It is unclear how many people were detained during the operation.

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Jun 12, 2025, 6:10 PM GMT

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a federal building in Los Angeles Thursday morning.

While Noem was speaking, Padilla apparently tried to interrupt the press conference.

He took a few steps toward the podium when officers grabbed him and forcibly shoved him out of the room, as seen in video. He can be heard shouting "hands off" as he was removed.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke at a press conference on Thursday morning, but her remarks were interrupted when it appeared California Senator Alex Padilla was kicked out.

Padilla was detained by the Secret Service with the assistance of FBI uniformed police, senior law enforcement sources told ABC News. He was detained, but not arrested, according to those sources.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacted to the incident in a post on X, calling it "outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful."

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass also posted and said Padilla's removal was "absolutely abhorrent."

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Jun 12, 2025, 5:59 PM GMT

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks on LA protests

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in Los Angeles held a press conference Thursday to deliver remarks following days of anti-ICE protests across the region.

You can watch it live here starting at 11 a.m.

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Jun 12, 2025, 5:34 PM GMT

National Guard troops staging at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, AIR7 video shows

National Guard troops sent to the Los Angeles area in response to anti-ICE protests are staging at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, AIR7 video shows.

On Thursday morning, AIR7 flew over rows of tents set up on the grass at the base.

National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests are staging at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit this week, saying President Trump overstepped his authority when he federalized the California National Guard and deployed U.S. Marines.

Trump has deployed 4,100 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to L.A.following days of protests in small pockets of Los Angeles and Orange County.

In addition to the California National Guard soldiers on duty and stationed in Los Alamitos, another 700 Marines are staging at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.

Both will be performing the same operations after completing two days of training on civil unrest training and how to control crowds.