{"id":709,"date":"2025-06-10T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=709"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:05:34","slug":"noem-la-a-city-of-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/noem-la-a-city-of-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Noem: LA a &#039;city of criminals&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared Los Angeles a \u201ccity of criminals\u201d while slamming Mayor Karen Bass (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D) handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5341320-trump-administration-surges-military-forces-to-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing protests against<\/a> the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration raids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we had over 400 to 500 targets we were going after that were known members of gangs in LA that have been victimizing people for years, that Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing about, that Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing about,\u201d Noem said during a Monday night appearance on Fox News\u2019s \u201cHannity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now she\u2019s [Bass] holding press conferences, talking about the fact that people have the right to peacefully protest and that they\u2019re a city of immigrants,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they\u2019re not a city of immigrants, they\u2019re a city of criminals, because she has protected them for so many years,\u201d the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-widget sailthru-signup-display-area sailthru-signup-hill-position-main\">\n\t\t<span class=\"sailthru-signup-widget-close\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-success-message\">\n<div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"thanks\">Thank you for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"watch\">Subscribe to more newsletters <a href=\"http:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/join\/7aa\/signup\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-subscribe-grid-display\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The latest in politics and policy.<br \/>\nDirect to your inbox.<br \/>\nSign up for the Evening Report newsletter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form_input form-group\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-add-subscriber-errors\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"input-group-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sailthru-signup-display-button\" type=\"submit\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tif ( window.checkSizeClasses &amp;&amp; window.checkSizeClasses instanceof Function) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\twindow.checkSizeClasses();<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Noem\u2019s remarks come as President Trump has deployed another <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5341320-trump-administration-surges-military-forces-to-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2,000 National Guard troops<\/a> to Los Angeles, increasing the total count to 4,000, according to Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has argued the deployment of National Guard troops is necessary to address violence as protesters clash with law enforcement while protesting ramped-up Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that have taken place in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has also deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5341126-marines-deployed-los-angeles\/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&amp;emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&amp;emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=06.09.25%20%E2%80%94%C2%A0Defense%20%26%20National%20Security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about 700 Marines<\/a> to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and officials.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s moves have been criticized by Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D), who <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5341244-california-sues-trump-national-guard-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued the administration Monday<\/a> over the decision to send in the National Guard, deeming it an \u201cunprecedented power grab.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, we\u2019re coming in and doing what the president has said that he\u2019s going to do and he\u2019s going to allow people to live in a safe community again and we\u2019re going to use the authority that he has as president of the United States to conduct these operations,\u201d Noem said Monday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The DHS secretary said &#8220;the more that people&#8221; use violence against law enforcement, &#8220;Boy, we\u2019re gonna hit them back and we\u2019re gonna hit them back harder than we ever have before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared Los Angeles a \u201ccity of criminals\u201d while slamming Mayor Karen Bass (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D) handling of ongoing protests against the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/noem-la-a-city-of-criminals\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Noem: LA a &#039;city of criminals&#039;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}