The White House said on Wednesday that 330 immigrants have been arrested in Los Angeles since Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince June 6, there have been 330 illegal aliens that have been arrested as part of these riots in Los Angeles,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Wednesday briefing.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne-hundred and thirteen of those illegal aliens had prior criminal convictions, she added.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration has taken a hardline stance on immigration during its first few months, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests topping 100,000 <\/a>under President Trump this year, per a White House spokesperson.<\/p>\n \u201cThere’s been 157 people arrested for assault and obstruction-related charges,\u201d Leavitt said during the Wednesday briefing.<\/p>\n Trump deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers<\/a> in Los Angeles over the weekend to quell expanding demonstrations in the city. Protestors were pushing back on local ICE raids that came amid the administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration.<\/p>\n \u201cIf our troops didn\u2019t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social on Wednesday.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced charges against two men accused of possessing Molotov cocktails amid recent Los Angeles protests in response<\/a> to immigration raids.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Tuesday there were over 100 arrests Monday night amid recent protests<\/a>, with 96 people arrested over \u201cFailure to Disperse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The White House said on Wednesday that 330 immigrants have been arrested in Los Angeles since Friday. \u201cSince June 6, there have been 330 illegal aliens that have been arrested<\/p>\n