Kamala can&#8217;t get a call back.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reportedly didn&#8217;t even pick up the phone when former Vice President Kamala Harris called him this week about the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County.
The former vice president &#8220;wasn’t able to connect with her longtime political friend and rival but left him a voicemail to express support,&#8221; a person close to her <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/how-kamala-harris-is-processing-the-la-unrest-00402189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> POLITICO&#8217;s California Playbook.
A voicemail? Oh girl.
She also called Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass. Wonder if she had to leave them voicemails, too?
Democrats are currently trying to read the tea leaves on whether Harris will run for California governor next year, and so far it&#8217;s been a messy guessing game — apparently a fake post saying Harris would not be running <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/how-kamala-harris-is-processing-the-la-unrest-00402189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confused</a> insiders this week.
However, Democratic strategist Steve Maviglio thinks Harris may be &#8220;eyeing Newsom’s rising stock as she contemplates her next moves,&#8221; according to POLITICO.
Newsom is getting the attention right now as he clashes publicly with President Donald Trump over Trump&#8217;s decision to send National Guard and Marine troops to Los Angeles.
Riots erupted in Los Angeles County over the weekend in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. Protesters burned multiple cars and smashed windows at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters as police struggled to respond. An area of downtown L.A. was eventually put under a curfew.
Meanwhile, similar violent protests have cropped up in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, Las Vegas, and Washington, DC., among other places.
On Sunday, Harris endorsed the protests, claiming they have been &#8220;overwhelmingly peaceful.&#8221;
Mostly peaceful protests, remember that one?
&#8220;Protest is a powerful tool — essential in the fight for justice,&#8221; Harris said, adding later, &#8220;I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.&#8221;
The former California senator also lashed out at Trump for sending troops to Los Angeles, <a href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1931856677881667634">accusing</a> him of &#8220;stoking fear.&#8221;
She called the move &#8220;a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos&#8221; and &#8220;part of the Trump Administration&#8217;s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.&#8221;
By the way, it&#8217;s not just a California governor bid Harris is supposedly mulling. Harris&#8217; circle thinks she might actually try for the White House again.
You know, the candidate who failed to win a single swing state or the popular vote. But sure, why not!
In the meantime, she&#8217;s still trying to get a call back.

Senator Kamala Harris Rallies With Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom Ahead Of The California Primary

REPORT: Kamala Called Gavin Newsom About L.A. Riots. He Didn’t Even Answer.

REPORT: Kamala Harris Called Gavin Newsom On LA Riots. He Didn’t Even Answer.

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The anti-ICE demonstrations and riots that broke out in Los Angeles County nearly a week ago calmed down on Wednesday night after L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew and local law enforcement officers moved in to arrest any demonstrators who defied the order.
Bass issued a curfew on Tuesday and Wednesday night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for most of downtown L.A. to prevent any further violence or vandalism, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/live/los-angeles-protests-immigration-raid-live-updates">reported</a>. An unlawful assembly was declared at 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, and LAPD officers moved in to disperse the crowd, firing rubber bullets at 7:00 p.m. and causing many of the demonstrators to flee the scene. Thirty minutes later, the LAPD began arresting anyone who remained in the curfew zone downtown, which was around a few dozen protesters, according to the Times.
In a Thursday morning social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114670085083632579">post</a>, President Donald Trump took credit for the calmer nights of protests, praising the National Guard and the Marines, whom he deployed to L.A., for putting &#8220;L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job.&#8221;
&#8220;Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our great National Guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;They all worked well together, but without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven’t seen in years.&#8221;
Trump then ripped California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying that he &#8220;had totally lost control of the situation.&#8221;
&#8220;He should be saying THANK YOU for saving his ass, instead of trying to justify his mistakes and incompetence!!!&#8221; the president added.
L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonnell told &#8220;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-police-chief-national-guard-focused-on-immigration-agenda-not-helping-with-protests/">CBS Mornings</a>&#8221; on Wednesday that the National Guard is not assisting local authorities with street protests or riot control.
&#8220;That&#8217;s not our understanding. They have a different mission,&#8221; McDonnell said. &#8220;They&#8217;re working in support of the federal agencies that are working with ICE on civil immigration enforcement and criminal immigration enforcement.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We don&#8217;t need the National Guard, and they are not here to help us right now.&#8221;
Mayor Bass <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/la-mayor-says-military-national-guard-presence-provoke-the-population">told</a> PBS on Wednesday that her curfews &#8220;absolutely&#8221; helped prevent more rioting in the downtown area.
&#8220;Last night was the first night of the curfew,&#8221; Bass said about the Tuesday night order. &#8220;And I will tell you, over 100 people were arrested, but they were arrested for failure to disperse and violating curfew, no violence, no vandalism. And so that is different than the night before.&#8221;
Bass continued to criticize Trump over the deployment of the National Guard, calling it &#8220;completely unwarranted&#8221; and arguing that Trump&#8217;s action provoked the rioting.
&#8220;No one asked for that help. You were talking about minor protests, but every time you do something like this, you provoke the population even further,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They are angry because of the raids, they are angry because of the National Guard being here, and now they are really going to be angry if the troops come in.&#8221;
Trump has called out both Bass and Newsom for how they handled the rioting over the weekend, when federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were attacked by agitators and buildings were vandalized and damaged. Earlier this week, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=12&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">accused</a> the mayor and governor of lying &#8220;to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are peaceful protests.&#8217;”
As the authorities quell the violence in L.A., the Trump administration continues to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-11/los-angeles-immigration-protest-curfew">conduct</a> immigration raids throughout Southern California. The White House said on Wednesday that since last week, 330 suspected illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area have been detained, 113 of whom had past criminal convictions. Immigration agents have targeted businesses, including at least five <a href="https://www.latimes.com/00000197-608b-d79b-adff-ecafffe80000-123">car washes</a> in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, arresting dozens of suspected illegal immigrants, according to the Times.

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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday night that he would deploy the National Guard &#8220;across the state&#8221; as anti-ICE protests hit major cities.
Protests against President Donald Trump&#8217;s illegal immigration crackdown started earlier this week in <a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-joins-anti-ice-protests-immigration-crackdown-intensifies">Dallas</a> and <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/live-blog-ice-protest-at-texas-capitol/">Austin</a>, and more demonstrations are planned for San Antonio on Wednesday and Saturday. In a <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1932656855764861152">post</a> on X, Abbott said he was mobilizing the National Guard as a precautionary measure &#8220;to ensure peace &amp; order.&#8221;
&#8220;Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal &amp; will lead to arrest,&#8221; the governor added. &#8220;@TexasGuard will use every tool &amp; strategy to help law enforcement maintain order.&#8221;
In Austin, the state&#8217;s capital, police used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse a group of protesters who were ignoring warnings to clear out of the street, KXAN Austin <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/live-blog-ice-protest-at-texas-capitol/">reported</a>. Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Austin Police Department arrested more than a dozen people during the protest Monday night, according to Abbott. During the demonstration, a federal building where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds detainees was vandalized with messages reading, “ICE NEEDS 2 SURRENDER &amp; RELEASE THE HOSTAGES” and “MODERN DAY SLAVERY DISGUISED AS CRIMINAL REFORM.”
Six men arrested during the Austin demonstration were charged with felony criminal mischief, resisting arrest, among other offenses, according to the <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/abbott-deploys-national-guard-san-antonio-protests-20371032.php">San Antonio Express-News</a>.
&#8220;Peaceful protesting is legal. But once you cross the line, you will be arrested,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1932304416435998771">wrote</a> on social media early Tuesday morning, adding, &#8220;FAFO,&#8221; the acronym for &#8220;F*** Around and Find Out.&#8221;
The protest in Dallas on Monday turned &#8220;tense&#8221; as some demonstrators clashed with police officers, The Dallas Morning News <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/06/09/protestors-in-dallas-rally-to-show-solidarity-with-la-demonstrators-amid-ice-crackdowns/">reported</a>. After sunset, authorities deployed pepper spray to disperse the crowd and appeared to make some arrests.
Texas National Guard troops will be on &#8220;standby in areas where mass demonstrations are planned in case they are needed,&#8221; according to Abbott&#8217;s office. Demonstrations, organized by a group called &#8220;No Kings&#8221; are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-warning-to-any-protester-that-wants-to-come-out-during-d-c-military-parade">planned</a> for cities in all 50 states on Saturday as the U.S. Army will hold a massive parade in Washington, D.C., coinciding with the president&#8217;s birthday, with Trump in attendance.
Protests, some of which have turned into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">riots</a>, have already popped up in cities across the country after anti-ICE rioters attacked law enforcement officers and damaged businesses and public property in Los Angeles last weekend. President Trump deployed the National Guard to L.A. on Saturday and then sent in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a">reinforcements</a> days later, including 700 Marines, as he blasted Democrat officials, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.
California then sued the Trump administration over the National Guard deployment, arguing that Trump infringed on Newsom&#8217;s power. Trump has defended his decision, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Sends+Another+2%2C000+National+Guard+Troops+To+L.A.">claiming</a> that L.A. would be &#8220;burning to the ground&#8221; without his action.

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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Tuesday that foreign-born voters in the United States have swung toward the Republican Party on immigration by 40 points since 2020.
Immigrant voters have swung harder to the Right than any other demographic, Enten said. The transformation has come side-by-side with large gains by President Donald Trump among immigrant voters, as well.
“Foreign-born voters have gone tremendously to the Right on this issue in 2024 and 2025 versus where they were in 2020,” said Enten. “You go back to 2020, Democrats, get this, held a 32-point lead on this issue. Immigrant voters were in the Democratic camp. Jump forward to 2024, 2025. Look at that shift. A 40-point shift to the Right among immigrant voters.”
“Republicans now lead on this issue by eight points over Democrats, more so than any other group that I could find,” he added.
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No group has become more hawkish on immigration &amp; shifted to the GOP than immigrants.
Immigrant voters -Trust more on immigration in 2020: Dem +32 pt to Now: GOP +8 pt -Net fav of immigrants here illegally: +23 pt in &#39;20, -6 pt in &#39;24 -Trump&#39;s vote: 36% in &#39;16 to 47% in &#39;24! <a href="https://t.co/YebaSvfL7D">pic.twitter.com/YebaSvfL7D</a>
&mdash; (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1932441141237989444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Since 2016, Trump’s signature issue has been immigration, and he appears to have benefitted politically from immigrants’ views swinging hard to the Right on the issue. Among immigrants who are registered to vote in the United States, Trump has gained 11 points in support since his first presidential campaign.
“Look at this, 2016, he got 36 percent of the vote. You go to 2020, 39 percent of the vote. Look at this, in 2024, all the way up to 47 percent of the vote,” said Enten. “Some polls I looked at had him barely losing that vote. Some polls I looked at had him barely winning that vote. Again, there is no bloc of voters that shifted more to the Right from 2020 to 2024 than immigrant voters.”
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Immigrant voters have also soured in their views on illegal immigrants. In 2020, foreign-born voters had a 23-point positive view of illegal immigrants. In 2024, the consensus flipped to become a 6-point negative view of illegal immigrants, according to Enten.
Enten’s analysis of the legal immigrants’ views on immigration comes as Trump has responded forcefully to anti-immigration enforcement riots in the Los Angeles area. After days of unrest over federal immigration operations, the president ordered 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Sunday, followed by more guardsmen and Marines on Monday.
Rioters and demonstrators have attacked law enforcement, burned vehicles, and written threatening messages to federal immigration agents in recent days as the Trump administration has stepped up deportation operations in the Los Angeles area.
Democrats in California have fought Trump on the immigration operations. Governor Gavin Newsom backed a state lawsuit against the administration on Monday claiming that Trump’s orders sending in the military to quell the riots and protect law enforcement violated the law.

Legal Immigrants Have Swung 40 Points Right On Immigration, Favor GOP: Polling Expert

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A commentator on CNN defended the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, claiming that California and the Southwest region of the United States once belonged to Mexico.
“It is almost 50 percent Hispanic. Remember that California was part of Mexico, all of the Southwest is Mexico,” former Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas said on CNN while discussing the protests and riots against ICE. “The roots are really deep in that region, and what they’re saying is ‘no, not in our community.’”
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UNHINGED: Former Univision anchor María Elena Salinas on CNN defending the rioting in Los Angeles:
&#8220;California was part of Mexico, all of the Southwest is Mexico.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Ue1cHMXtl9">pic.twitter.com/Ue1cHMXtl9</a>
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1932268174575288588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
Salinas’ comments come after days of violence in Los Angeles, with left-wing agitators throwing fireworks and rocks at law enforcement and lighting self-driving taxis on fire.
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I am on the ground at the LA riots. This work is dangerous PLEASE FOLLOW <a href="https://t.co/E3ESUGWk6t">pic.twitter.com/E3ESUGWk6t</a>
— Cam Higby | America First 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) <a href="https://twitter.com/camhigby/status/1931911636757135412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Several organizations behind the Los Angeles protests have argued that Mexico has a legitimate claim to California and the broader American Southwest, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/racist-groups-behind-anti-ice-riot-want-mexico-to-reconquer-america-illegal-settler-nation?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Racist+Groups+Behind+Anti-ICE+Riot+Want+Mexico+To+Reconquer+America%3A+%E2%80%98Illegal+Settler+Nation%E2%80%99">revealed.</a> Some even deny the legitimacy of the United States and want Mexico to reconquer the Southwestern states.
An organization called Centro CSO pushes for “Chicano self-determination” and flies the flag of Aztlan, the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, which has been used as a symbol by political activists who deny America’s claim to the states it won in the Mexican-American War.
One organizer with Centro CSO appeared to call for violence against federal law enforcement while speaking to a crowd of leftwing agitators.
“They’re going to find out that we don’t play games out here,” the man, identified as Sammy Carrera, said, “We’re no longer going to be on the defense, we’re going to take the fight to them.”
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One far-left organizer behind the Los Angeles protests called on the agitators to &#8216;take the fight&#8217; to ICE.
&#8220;We&#8217;re no longer going to be on the defense, we&#8217;re going to take the fight to them.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ekPNgeS9qn">pic.twitter.com/ekPNgeS9qn</a>
— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1932446769880744348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
Union del Barrio, an equally radical group, also joined the protests. The race-based organization calls America an “illegal settler nation” and fights against “European colonialism” and the “Anglo settler.”
The organization refers to the American Southwest as occupied Mexico and calls for international racial unity across the North and South American continents “to overturn all manifestations of colonial, imperialist, and neoliberal oppression” and reclaim the states won by the United States in its war with Mexico.

LA Riots

CNN Commentator Defends Rioters Waving Foreign Flags: ‘All Of The Southwest Is Mexico’

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Thousands of anti-ICE demonstrators have marched through parts of San Francisco for the past two days, with the protest turning violent Sunday and Monday night as the Trump administration focuses its attention on the riots in Los Angeles.
Nearly 150 people were arrested and two police officers were injured on Sunday night as demonstrators became violent, ABC 7 <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/hundreds-protesters-rally-ice-raids-san-francisco/16701175/">reported</a>. The rioting continued on Monday night, with agitators smashing windows of businesses in the Mission District, according to the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/new-protests-sf-trump-sending-more-troops-20367500.php">San Francisco Chronicle</a>. San Francisco Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie said the violence was carried out by a small contingent of the demonstrators gathered to protest President Donald Trump&#8217;s deportation efforts.
“They were breaking the law,” Lurie said of the rioters. “We effectuated a number of arrests for those that were committing crimes on our street.”
Video posted on social media by Wall Street Journal News Associate Xavier Martinez showed police in riot gear making arrests as they instructed demonstrators to &#8220;back up&#8221; and &#8220;get back.&#8221; The crowd then begins chanting, &#8220;Let them go!&#8221;
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Law enforcement in San Francisco responds with force after group of demonstrators attempt to escape detention.
This came after +150 arrests Sunday night (more than double law enforcement in LA) <a href="https://t.co/XUqrlnEJb0">pic.twitter.com/XUqrlnEJb0</a>
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Some demonstrators carried Mexican flags and upside-down American flags, while others vandalized public property and businesses by tagging structures with messages like &#8220;F*** ICE,&#8221; along with some anti-Israel slogans.
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Of the 148 people arrested on Sunday night, all but one were cited and released, according to ABC 7. The one person who remained in custody was charged with a felony. Police declared an unlawful assembly on both Sunday and Monday night, and many of the protesters vacated the area, but a group of those who stayed on the street became violent, according to police.
&#8220;Everyone in this country has a right to make their voice heard peacefully, and local law enforcement will always protect that right and the rights of everyone in our city to be safe. But we will never tolerate violent and destructive behavior, and as crowds dwindled, a group that remained caused injuries to police officers, vandalized Muni vehicles, and broke windows of local businesses,&#8221; Mayor Lurie <a href="https://x.com/DanielLurie/status/1931957300828524682">wrote</a> on X late Sunday night.
The violence in San Francisco — Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s hometown — has received little national attention as the Trump administration focuses on the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Sends+Another+2%2C000+National+Guard+Troops+To+L.A.">deployed</a> around 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to L.A. in an attempt to quell the unrest, a move that Newsom and L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass argue was unconstitutional and unnecessary. Authorities arrested at least 42 agitators in L.A. County since Friday, and some of them face charges of assault on an officer and attempted murder, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/downtown-la-protests-looting-burned-cars-vandalism-arrests/">reported</a>.

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Anti-ICE Riots Break Out In San Francisco As More Troops Deploy To L.A.

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Minnesota state Representative Kaohly Vang Her of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, speaking on the state House floor regarding modifying MinnesotaCare eligibility for illegal immigrants, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbQGjlNJDRg">revealed</a> that she, as well as her parents, immigrated to the United States illegally, then later backtracked that admission.
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During debate on the House floor Monday surrounding ending state-funding healthcare for undocumented adults in the state, Rep. Kaohly Vang Her revealed she and her parents came to the U.S. illegally — something she also claimed to have just recently fou&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/jYjNn4v4n0">https://t.co/jYjNn4v4n0</a>
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Vang Her spoke of how she was dealing with end-of-life care for her father, and in the process, discovered her immigrant status.
“I’ve been spending a lot of time with my father, who brought us all to this country at the end of the Vietnam War, and I asked my father about how we came to the United States,” she said. “And I always thought that we came here because my grandfather was a colonel in the secret war.”
The Vietnam “Secret War” was a CIA-led covert operation in Laos, a country bordering Vietnam, during the Vietnam War era, to prevent the spread of communism.
“I had thought that that meant that we had, we were in line to come to the U.S., and &#8230; my father told me that that was not true,” she continued. “Even though my parents both worked for a Christian organization, and my father actually worked at the U.S. Consulate because he was one of the few people that could speak English and he could type really fast, and apparently that was a very valued skill then.”
“So they had my father move away from the refugee camp from my mom and my sisters and I, and he went to live at the consulate where he processed all the paperwork for the refugees that came to America,” she said. “And we had missed our time to come to the U.S. three times, and if we didn’t come that last time, we would not have been able to come to the U.S. And I said, ‘Wow. What luck of ours.’ And my mom said, ‘It wasn’t luck. We did not have our names on that list to come to the U.S. because even though your grandfather worked for the CIA and because there was no like — if you were a child of somebody who worked for the CIA, the only people that had names to come to the U.S. were if you were in the direct military and you worked for the CIA, you worked for USAID.”
“We did not do either one of those,” Vang Her admitted. “My parents’ Christian organization did not count. And so what my father did was one of our uncles worked for USAID, and because his mother had died, my father, as the one processing the paperwork, put my grandmother down as his (the uncle’s) mother.”
“And so I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country,” she stated, later adding, “My family broke the law to come here. I never knew that. I just learned that now.”
Vang Her later backtracked, telling the Minnesota Reformer that she and her parents are indeed U.S. citizens, saying her parents took their citizenship test and that she became a citizen when she was in middle school. “(She) said her father technically broke the law when he filled out paperwork for the family to come to the U.S. as refugees. He did so to expedite the process to come to the U.S., though they would have come to America anyway,” the Reformer <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/09/im-a-citizen-clarifies-minnesota-democrat-after-saying-she-came-to-the-u-s-illegally/">reported</a>.
The bill in question, HF1, states, &#8220;Eligibility for MinnesotaCare is available to citizens or nationals of the United States; lawfully present noncitizens as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.20; and undocumented noncitizens.&#8221;
It was <a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&amp;f=HF0001&amp;ssn=1&amp;y=2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">narrowly passed</a> in the state House on Monday by a 68-65 vote, and it passed in the state Senate later in the day, 37-30.

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The bosses of the nation&#8217;s biggest teachers unions and progressive congresswoman Pramila Jayapal <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/rally-in-protest-of-immigration-raids/660984">showed</a> up outside the Department of Justice on Monday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, shouting and cursing about &#8220;justice&#8221; and the Constitution.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, bounced up and down as she led a chant, &#8220;The people united will never be defeated!&#8221;
At one point, Weingarten apologized to God for cursing about the ICE raids.
&#8220;Fix the godd*** immigration laws! Don&#8217;t arrest workers!&#8221; Weingarten said. &#8220;Sorry, God. Sorry. Sorry, God.&#8221;
Riots erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to ICE raids. Rioters burned multiple cars and smashed windows at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters as police struggled to respond.
The Trump administration has sent 2,000 National Guardsmen and hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to respond to the riots.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, spoke at the protest outside the DOJ and said illegal immigrants are &#8220;keeping this country going&#8221; while &#8220;we are villainizing and demonizing them under this president, and that has to stop!&#8221;
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✏️Here&#39;s the boss of the biggest teacher&#39;s union, Becky Pringle of the National Education Association going hard
&quot;Enough of the ICE raids! Enough of the cruelty and the hate!&quot;
What&#39;s the teacher&#39;s unions&#39; interest in this, you might ask🤔 <a href="https://t.co/7fyklxwiOT">pic.twitter.com/7fyklxwiOT</a>
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🤝More union bosses — here&#39;s Liz Shuler, prez of the AFL-CIO speaking Spanish to rile up the crowd.
&quot;Now! Ahora!&quot;
&quot;Shame! Shame! Shame!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NXW8kChLkW">pic.twitter.com/NXW8kChLkW</a>
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Meanwhile, protesters in the background chanted, &#8220;Enough is enough!&#8221; and &#8220;What do we want? Stop ICE raids!&#8221;
Some held signs reading, &#8220;No ban. No wall. No hate. Sanctuary for all!&#8221; and &#8220;Today&#8217;s lesson plan: human rights.&#8221;
The protest focused on David Huerta, a prominent California union leader who was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/david-huerta-union-leader-arrest-la-protests.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by federal agents on Friday as he joined an immigration protest in downtown Los Angeles.
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&#8220;We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice,&#8221; Jayapal shouted into the loudspeaker. &#8220;So today, we are here to say, free David Huerta! We are here to say, free the immigrants that have been arrested! We are here to say, end the ICE raids! We are here to say, stand up for our protected Constitutional rights to free speech, to due process, to a democracy that works for all of us!&#8221;
The boss of the largest teachers union, Becky Pringle of the National Education Association, spoke at the protest as well.
&#8220;Enough! Enough! Enough of the ICE raids! Enough of the cruelty and the hate! Enough of the division and the disrespect!&#8221; Pringle shouted.
&#8220;We know what this administration is doing, so we are saying to Donald Trump and all of his allies, we will not scapegoat immigrants!&#8221; Pringle said.
Pringle mentioned the recent Pride festivities in Washington, D.C., and paraphrased writer Audre Lorde, a self-described &#8220;black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet.&#8221;
&#8220;Deliberate and unafraid, we will say, everyone is welcome here!&#8221; Pringle said. &#8220;Deliberate and unafraid, we will fight for justice everyday, all day, for everyone. Deliberate and unafraid, we will stand united until this country listens to the poetry of its Constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;We the people! We the people! We the people! All of us! All of us have that right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice!&#8221; Pringle shouted.
It was not just the teachers unions that showed up — other labor unions did as well.
Liz Shuler, president of the AFL–CIO, which represents nearly 15 million union workers, also spoke at the protest and spoke Spanish to emphasize her point.
&#8220;End these unjust ICE raids now! Ahora!&#8221; Shuler said.
&#8220;Our country suffers when we see weapons of war used against peaceful protests in the streets!&#8221; she said. &#8220;Shame! Shame! Shame!&#8221;

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Here Are The Craziest Moments From Monday’s Anti-ICE Protest In DC

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One of the groups organizing the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles advocates for Mexico to reconquer much of the American Southwest, arguing that the United States is an illegitimate colonialist power.
Centro CSO, an organization that <a href="https://www.instagram.com/centrocso/?hl=en">pushes</a> for the Mexican people to have “self-determination” in America’s southwestern states, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1420030845819289/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22external_search_engine%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D">recruited</a> its followers to join the Sunday protests as violence escalated against federal law enforcement. The group marched with a banner that read “Fight Trump,” and reposted an image of an ICE vehicle on social media, particularly flagging that car’s license plate.
The group&#8217;s rallying call is the flag of <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/aztlan#:~:text=Aztl%C3%A1n%2C%20the%20name%20of%20the,during%20the%201970s%20Chicano%20movement.">Aztlán</a>, a mythical homeland of the Aztecs in the southwestern United States, which was ruled by Mexico prior to the Mexican American War and the independence of Texas. The symbol has been used by Mexican nationalists who claim that America has no legitimate claim to states, including Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California.
An individual associated with the organization spoke at the rally and appeared to threaten violence against law enforcement. “They’re going to find out that we don’t play games out here,” Sammy Carrera said. “We’re no longer going to be on the defense, we’re going to take the fight to them,” he said of ICE agents in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKqJodkySY-/?igsh=d3NxdG1zdTdxb3My">video</a> that was posted by a communist organization.
Centro CSO was not the only group involved in organizing the anti-ICE protests, which began on Friday after the federal agency <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gang-members-sex-offenders-and-more-heres-who-ice-actually-picked-up-during-la-raids">arrested</a> gang members and sex offenders, that argues the United States should be conquered by Mexico.
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Another ethnic separatist group that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/udblosangeles/videos/uni%C3%B3n-del-barrio-and-community-self-defense-coalition-of-la-emergency-presa-conf/1799740457307503/">joined</a> the protest effort is Unión del Barrio, which <a href="https://uniondelbarrio.org/main/4-2/struggle/border-violence-migration/">calls</a> the United States an “illegal settler nation” and agitates on behalf of “<a href="https://uniondelbarrio.org/eng/">la raza</a>,” or, the race.
The “revolutionary” organization similarly <a href="https://uniondelbarrio.org/main/4-2/about-udb/political-program/who-we-are/i-from-alaska-to-chile-we-are-one-people-without-borders/">invokes the myth</a> of Aztlán, also referring to the American southwest as occupied Mexico. Unión del Barrio considers itself an international racial organization that <a href="https://uniondelbarrio.org/main/4-2/about-udb/political-program/who-we-are/ii-this-is-nuestra-america-we-are-indigenous-nations/">fights against</a> “European colonialism&#8221; and the “Anglo settler.”
“We hold that the struggle of La Raza in Aztlan/México Ocupado is historically and geographically defined as an indigenous and Mexicano anti-colonial fight for land and socialism,” the group says. Unión del Barrio calls for international racial unity to overthrow “European colonialism” and “neocolonialists” among the “United States white nationalist population.”
“The principled unification of our forces throughout Nuestra América will be necessary to overturn all manifestations of colonial, imperialist, and neoliberal oppression,” it goes on to say.
One of the organization’s <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/9/los_angeles_protests_immigration_ice_raids?jwsource=cl">community organizers</a> is Ron Gochez, a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, who charged that “frail racist white people” want to keep Hispanics out of the United States.
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Meet Ron Gochez, one of the major organizers behind today&#8217;s unrest in Los Angeles.
A self-proclaimed revolutionary who called for a revolution to take land back from &#8220;white racist people.&#8221;
🎥 In his own words, Gochez admits to… <a href="https://t.co/kJmYdEMSMP">pic.twitter.com/kJmYdEMSMP</a>
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The efforts of the two extreme organizations were bolstered by the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/communityselfdefensecoalition/?hl=en">Community Self Defense Coalition</a>, which <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKqVkcVx5jS/?igsh=bmwxMGtlOWltdHd6">gave out</a> helmets, respirators, goggles, and masks to protesters. Large groups of protesters refused to disperse as police used tear gas and other non-lethal devices to break up illegal gatherings.
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The organization takes to social media to broadcast the location of ICE agents and works with Unión del Barrio to create and disseminate a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIR-96WTX7r/?igsh=bjJ4OHpzc2hycGIx">guide</a> on how to identify the vehicles used by ICE.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, which The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-says-shell-enforce-border-laws-her-admin-gave-1-2-million-to-group-that-wants-to-end-them">reported</a> received funding from the Department of Homeland Security under the Biden administration, was also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/08/us-news/some-la-migrant-protests-fueled-by-taxpayer-funded-group-with-dem-ties-another-with-ccp-link/">involved</a> in the Los Angeles protests. The Trump administration froze funding to the group, which worked to “dismantle the U.S. immigration enforcement system” all while it raked in millions of dollars from the Biden administration.
Marxist organizations also joined in the protests against ICE. The protests were <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RefuseFascismLA/">advertised</a> by Refuse Fascism Los Angeles, a far-left organization that hands out propaganda created by the RevCom, the Revolutionary Communist Party. The two groups <a href="https://revcom.us/en/refuse-fascism-emergency-assembliesorganize-strategize-mobilize-demand-trump-fascist-regime-must-go">collaborate</a> as they agitate against what they call the “Trump fascist regime.” The Revolutionary Communist Party advocates for “world revolution and the ultimate aim of communism.”
The Party for Socialism and Liberation, another <a href="https://pslweb.org/program/">Marxist organization</a>, also encouraged people to “<a href="https://x.com/pslnational/status/1931763397441298929">take to the streets</a>” to protest in Los Angeles and <a href="https://x.com/pslnational/status/1931153408326861006">join</a> the march.

Racist Groups Behind Anti-ICE Riot Want Mexico To Reconquer America: ‘Illegal Settler Nation’

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The Trump administration deployed between 500 and 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles on Monday to assist the National Guard and local law enforcement as anti-ICE riots blew up in part of the city over the weekend.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-09-25#cmbpf2l0s00003b6mldlq5r1h">reported</a> that 500 Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California were mobilized, while ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000/?id=122621279&amp;entryId=122667907">reported</a> that 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, were sent into the city.
Just before the Marines&#8217; deployment was reported, Trump told ABC News, &#8220;We’ll see what happens&#8221; when asked about the possibility of sending them to L.A.
&#8220;I mean, I think we have it very well under control,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I think it would have been a very bad situation. It was heading in the wrong direction. It&#8217;s now heading in the right direction.&#8221;
On Saturday, Trump deployed the National Guard to the city, angering Democratic leaders such as Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Trump slammed Newsom and Bass for allowing the anti-ICE protests to turn into riots as federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were attacked by agitators slinging rocks and cement and shooting fireworks at them.
One person told CNN that the Marines are expected to relieve some of the 2,000 National Guard troops who have been in the city for two days now. Of the 2,000 National Guardsmen in L.A., only around 300 have been deployed to the streets. According to CNN, Defense Department lawyers are finalizing use-of-force guidelines for the Marines.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that &#8220;active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton&#8221; were standing ready on &#8220;high alert&#8221; in case of escalating violence. Newsom <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1931565409440088175">called</a> Hegseth&#8217;s statement &#8220;deranged behavior.&#8221; Newsom has argued that the riots have been sufficiently contained by state and local authorities, but President Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">said</a> on Monday that the city “would have been completely obliterated” without his action. Trump also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-would-do-it-trump-says-it-would-be-great-if-his-border-czar-arrested-newsom?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98I+Would+Do+It%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Says+It+Would+Be+%E2%80%98Great%E2%80%99+If+His+Border+Czar+Arrested+Newsom">told</a> reporters on Monday that it would be “great” if his border czar, Tom Homan, arrested Newsom.
“He’s done a terrible job,” the president said of Newsom. “Look, I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent.”
California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis">sued</a> the Trump administration over the president&#8217;s order to deploy the National Guard, alleging the president &#8220;is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis.&#8221; The lawsuit argues that Trump unconstitutionally called in the National Guard and infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s role without there being a clear threat of “invasion” or “rebellion.”
Newsom said that Trump&#8217;s move lays the groundwork for him to &#8220;send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES.&#8221;

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Trump Deploys Hundreds Of Marines To Los Angeles

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California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, alleging the president &#8220;is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis&#8221; after he deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The lawsuit argues that President Donald Trump unconstitutionally called in the National Guard and infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s role without there being a clear threat of &#8220;invasion&#8221; or &#8220;rebellion,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/09/california-newsom-trump-lawsuit-national-guard/">reported</a>. Trump deployed the National Guard, a power typically exercised by governors, on Saturday as anti-ICE protests turned into riots and agitators attacked federal, state, and local law enforcement and set fire to cars in the street.
“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion,” California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta said. “The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.”
Newsom <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1932147258033934643">added</a>, &#8220;This is a manufactured crisis. He is creating fear and terror to take over a state militia and violate the U.S. constitution. The illegal order he signed could allow him to send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES. Every governor &#8212; red or blue &#8212; should reject this outrageous overreach. There’s a lot of hyperbole out there. This isn’t that. This is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism that threatens the foundation of our republic. We cannot let it stand.&#8221;
On Monday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">defended</a> his decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, saying that the city “would have been completely obliterated” without his action.
“The very incompetent ‘Governor,’ Gavin Newscum, and ‘Mayor,’ Karen Bass, should be saying, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR,&#8217;” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114654277401980803">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are ‘peaceful protests.&#8217;”
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In his order to deploy the National Guard, Trump <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406">cited</a> U.S. Code Title 10, Section 12406, which allows the president to call in the National Guard under invasion from a foreign nation, a rebellion &#8220;or danger of rebellion&#8221; against the U.S. government, or if &#8220;the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.&#8221; The statute has not faced much judicial scrutiny, according to Bonta, but he said he feels confident that the courts will side with California.
Trump could also point to the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to federalize the National Guard and deploy the U.S. military to quell domestic disorder or violence. Asked about invoking the Insurrection Act on Sunday, Trump <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-in-morristown-new-jersey/660975">replied</a>, &#8220;It depends on whether or not there&#8217;s an insurrection.&#8221; At the time, he said that the current situation didn&#8217;t amount to an insurrection, adding, &#8220;But you have violent people and we&#8217;re not going to let them get away with it.&#8221;

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California Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Says President ‘Manufactured Crisis’

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