What to know about the protests over Trump's immigration crackdown in LA and other cities

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump has thanked an appeals court for temporarily freezing a judge's order that said he could not take control of California's National Guard and deploy its troops to Los Angeles.

Trump this week ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the second largest U.S. city following protests over his stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. On Friday, a military commander said about 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel.

Police said about 470 protesters in Los Angeles have been detained or arrested since Saturday, and reported a relatively quiet night on the city's streets late Thursday, the third night since the mayor imposed an 8 p.m. curfew.

Most of the sprawling city of 4 million people has been spared any disruption as protests have been concentrated in a few blocks downtown near City Hall and a federal detention center.

The protests intensified after Trump called up the Guard and have spread to other cities nationwide. More are scheduled for Saturday — Trump's 79th birthday — to coincide with a military parade in Washington, D.C., ostensibly to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary.

Here are some things to know about the protests:

The battle over Trump's plan to have the military control protests in Los Angeles will continue at least until Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had asked a judge to order an emergency stop to Trump’s troop deployment to protect federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making arrests across Los Angeles. He said the presence of troops at the raids has further inflamed tensions.

The Trump administration called Newsom's lawsuit a “crass political stunt endangering American lives,” and said it was willing to send troops to other cities to assist with immigration enforcement and controlling disturbances, in line with Trump's campaign promises.

On Thursday evening, a federal judge ruled that the president’s Guard deployment in LA was illegal because it violates the Tenth Amendment and exceeds his statutory authority. The judge directed Trump to return control of California’s Guard troops to the state.

The White House called the order “unprecedented” and said it “puts our brave federal officials in danger.”

The federal government immediately appealed, and later Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked that order.

“If I didn’t send the Military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now,” Trump said Friday in a post on his Truth Social platform.

The appeals court said it would hear arguments in the case June 17.

On Friday, Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed to Los Angeles, said the 200 or so Marines already deployed will take over operations at noon local time at the federal building downtown.

Trump’s orders moved thousands of National Guard personnel closer to engaging in law enforcement actions including deportations as the president has promised in his crackdown.

Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, overseeing Trump’s troop deployment, said the 700 Marines deployed to the city were undergoing civil disobedience training in Orange County.

About 500 of the Guard troops deployed to the protests were trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, he said. ICE said some troops were providing security at federal facilities and protecting federal officers.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on immigration.

Padilla, a California Democrat, was removed as he tried to shout over Noem.

“I think everybody in America would agree that that was inappropriate,” Noem said.

Newsom called the removal “outrageous, dictatorial and shameful.”

The Department of Homeland Security said Padilla refused to back away, leading agents to think he was dangerous. Despite DHS assertions that Padilla did not identify himself, he is heard saying “I’m Sen. Alex Padilla” as an agent pushes him away.

Noem met with Padilla afterward for 15 minutes.

Protests have been breaking out across the country, driven by anger over Trump’s stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws and ahead of Trump’s military parade on Saturday. A series of “No Kings” protests are also planned for Saturday to counter the parade in the nation's capital.

In Newark, New Jersey, protesters gathered Thursday outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center, locking arms and pushing against barricades as disorder broke out at Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed facility that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement opened this year.

Los Angeles County presents a ripe target for the immigration raids, as an estimated 10% of its residents aren’t in the country legally.

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and chief architect of Trump’s immigration policies, said late last month that ICE should make at least 3,000 arrests a day, nearly five times the norm this year.

Democratic governors called before Congress Thursday vowed to follow the law when it comes to immigration but insisted the White House do the same.

“As we speak, an American city has been militarized over the objections of their governor,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told the House Oversight committee. “This is a flagrant abuse of power and nothing short of an assault on our American values."

Associated Press writers Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas; Jake Offenhartz, Krysta Fauria and Dorany Pineda in Los Angeles; Eliott Spagat in San Diego; Jesse Bedayn in Denver; Sudhin Thanawala in Atlanta; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; and Lolita C. Baldor and Joey Cappelletti in Washington, D.C., contributed.

Law enforcement officers block a road during a protest on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Paramount, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Protesters are loaded onto Los Angeles Police Department buses during a protest on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A law enforcement officer escorts a woman out of a protest after she was detained on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Los Angeles Metro police on horseback disperse protesters on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Kimberly Hernandez and her sister Jaslyn Hernandez, daughters of a car wash worker, speak during a press conference with families of detained car wash workers, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Jaslyn Hernandez, daughter of a car wash worker, is embraced during a press conference with families of detained car wash workers Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Members of the California National Guard conduct exercises after being deployed to the Los Angeles protests Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Alamitos, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Police Department officers on horseback move through a street during a protest on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

A homeless couple wakes up early morning after sleeping in a public park across the Los Angeles Federal building despite the curfew overnight, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

People walk past graffiti from recent protests against federal immigration raids, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A protester wearing a shirt reading "WHITE MEN for TRUMP" argues with another protester Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A protester is arrested by California Highway Patrol near the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

U.S. National Guard direct Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)

U.S. National Guard stand protect buildings Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)

A man waves a Mexican flag as protesters against U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement raids march through San Francisco's Mission district on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A person carrying multiple flags walks past a burning car during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Demonstrators face off with Los Angeles Police Department officers during a protest in response to a series of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, June 9, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Los Angeles police officers with batons and riot gear attempt to move back protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Protesters run to avoid being kettled by police during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Fireworks explode during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A protester holds a sign up in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - A protester gestures as tear gas is used near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Protesters confront a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Police patrol the scene after a night of protests in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

NEW YORK (AP) — After Katie Taylor had defeated her for the third time to remain the undisputed 140-pound champion, Amanda Serrano was in tears.

Not because of the sadness over her loss, but because of the appreciation for where women's boxing has gone since the two champions started their trilogy three years ago.

Taylor won by scores of 97-93 Friday night on two judges’ cards, while the third had it even at 95-95, for a majority decision. It was the third straight narrow finish between the two, after Taylor won a split decision in their first bout and a narrow unanimous decision in the rematch.

It was another festive atmosphere in front of another sold-out crowd of more than 19,000 at Madison Square Garden that was split between Irish and Puerto Rican fans, just the way it was when they first fought here on April 30, 2022, in what was the first women’s boxing match to headline the arena.

This time, the arena hosted its first all-women’s card that streamed on Netflix, with many of the fighters saying during the leadup they owed their opportunity to the interest created by the Taylor-Serrano trilogy.

“It was truly an amazing night for all of us women and I’m crying because it’s all because of you guys,” Serrano told the crowd in the ring afterward. “You guys support us women and thanks to all of you we’re able to show our skills.”

Back in Madison Square Garden, site of their first bout, Taylor improved to 25-1 in a fight that perhaps wasn't as exciting as their first two, but once again was almost too close to call.

“We made history again three times,” said Taylor, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist. “It’s such a privilege to share the ring with her and we’re history makers forever, and my name is embedded with Amanda’s forever and I’m so happy about that.”

Serrano (47-4-1) never really hurt Taylor this time, the expected final fight between the two, the way she did a couple times in the previous fights, and held her hands over her eyes when the first score announced was the even card, perhaps knowing already then she hadn't done enough to pull it out.

The Associated Press scored it 95-95.

Serrano was all smiles early in a joyous ring walk accompanied by the Knicks City Dancers, but it was the same heartbreak in the end.

There were hardly any decisive rounds, with neither fighter able to sustain much offense as the two-minute rounds flew by. Serrano has been fighting her recent bouts with three-minute rounds, as in men’s boxing, and has contended that Taylor backed out of an agreement to use that format for this fight.

There were no meaningful punches in the first round, after Serrano stunned Taylor right away last November in their second fight. By the third, they were trading punches and both landing with the type of flurries they had produced so many of over their first two bouts, but there wasn't much more of that. Serrano seemed to fight more cautiously and keep her distance, perhaps remembering how she was bloodied by a clash of heads in the rematch.

Serrano, the seven-division world champion who is still a champion at 126 pounds, which she feels is her best weight, was again attempting an even bigger jump than in the first fight. Taylor was still fighting at the lightweight limit 135 pounds then, but has since moved up to become undisputed in a second division.

Irish and Puerto Rico flags were all over the arena and fans began loudly singing and dancing during the co-main event, while Alycia Baumgardner (16-1) was beating Jennifer Miranda (12-1) to retain her undisputed 130-pound titles as a countdown clock began showing the time remaining until the Taylor-Serrano fight.

There were 17 world titles from the four major sanctioning bodies on the line during the night in what “Guinness World Records” said set the mark for most on a single fight card.

Shadasia Green (15-1) edged Savannah Marshall (13-2), whose only previous loss was to Claressa Shields, by split decision to unify super middleweight titles and earn a $250,000 bonus for the performance of the night.

In the final fight of the preliminary portion of the card, Australia’s Cherneka Johnson (18-2, 8 KOs) pounded Shurretta Metcalf (14-5-1) until the fight was stopped in the ninth round to become the undisputed bantamweight champion.

Ellie Scotney (11-0) added a third super bantamweight belt to the two she already held with a unanimous decision victory over Yamileth Mercado (24-4).

AP boxing: https://apnews.com/boxing

Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano is comforted by her team after losing to Ireland's Katie Taylor after a super lightweight championship boxing match Saturday, July 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Ireland's Katie Taylor, left, and Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano pose after a super lightweight championship boxing match Saturday, July 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fans watch Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano fight Ireland's Katie Taylor during the first round of a super lightweight championship boxing match Friday, July 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Ireland's Katie Taylor, left, punches Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano during the first round of a super lightweight championship boxing match Friday, July 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano, right, punches Ireland's Katie Taylor during the second round of a super lightweight championship boxing match Friday, July 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)