FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino gave a chilling warning to rioters in Los Angeles who were pelting federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with rocks as they drove past.
The deputy director asked for the public’s assistance in finding them and warned the perpetrators that it was “only a matter of time” until they were captured.
“We are currently seeking information regarding the identity of the person(s) throwing rocks at vehicles conducting critical law enforcement operations,” he said in a post on X.
“One of the perpetrators in this video is wearing a helmet, and we’re going to use our investigative tools to locate the individual. I strongly suggest you turn yourself in, it’s only a matter of time,” he said.
FBI Director Kash Patel also shared a direct message with the suspects.
“Hit a cop, you’re going to jail… doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you. If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, we @FBI will,” he said.
ICE agents moved in Friday, hitting several locations across Los Angeles — including a clothing warehouse in the city’s Fashion District — after a judge found probable cause the employer was using fake documents for some of its workers, according to Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” CBS News reported.
Things got heated fast.
A crowd formed outside one location and tried to block the agents from leaving, turning the scene tense and chaotic.
Meanwhile, protests erupted downtown at a federal building after rumors spread that detainees were being held in the basement.
On Saturday, protesters hit the streets in Paramount, a city in L.A. County, after it looked like federal agents were running another immigration raid.
After the arrests on Friday, protesters gathered outside a federal detention center that evening, chanting, “Set them free, let them stay!”
Some waved anti-ICE signs. Others took things further, tagging the building with graffiti.
Among those arrested during the protests was David Huerta, the regional president of the Service Employees International Union. Justice Department spokesman Ciaran McEvoy confirmed Huerta was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and is set to appear in court Monday.
Late Saturday night, President Trump signed a memo invoking Title 10 Authority, ordering at least 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy to L.A. County for “60 days or at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense.”
He didn’t hold back, either.
“If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
A Defense Department official told CBS News that most of the 2,000 troops are coming from the California National Guard.
“In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion,” the memo said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also weighed in, in a post on X.
“The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil; a dangerous invasion facilitated by criminal cartels (aka Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK,” he said.
“Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE. The @DeptofDefense is mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles. And, if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert,” he said.