Fire and ICE in Los Angeles

Today, Explained

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Daily News, Politics, News

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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President Trump sent in the National Guard to quell protests caused by ICE raids. LA Times reporter Rachel Uranga covered the chaos, which Mark Krikorian from the Center for Immigration Studies defends. This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz and Denise Guerra with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Victoria Chamberlin and Avishay Artsy, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. National Guard troops in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Photo by Denise Guerra/Vox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was quite a weekend in Los Angeles.
0:03.4	ICE showed up in L.A.'s fashion district to deport undocumented workers.
0:09.4	People immediately started protesting, some peacefully.
0:12.5	Black and brown.
0:13.8	Some less peacefully.
0:25.6	Some protesters chose to set fire to Waymo robot cars. This guy told CBS News that the tear gas tasted like fascism.
0:29.6	Tasted like fascism.
0:31.6	Donald Trump sent in the National Guard against California Governor Gavin Newsom's wishes.
0:35.6	Newsom says he's going to sue Trump today.
0:38.7	Trump's borders are Tom Homan threatened to arrest Newsom.
0:42.1	And on MSNBC, Newsom said go ahead.
0:44.3	Come after me, arrest me.
0:45.6	Let's just get it over with.
0:46.9	Tough guy.
0:48.4	You know, I don't give a damn.
0:50.7	What happened in Los Angeles?
0:52.4	On today, explained.
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1:30.0	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow.
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