Edhat Staff
Goleta residents witnessed an unexpected sight on Sunday as several large vehicles belonging to the National Guard were temporarily stationed near the Home Depot in the Camino Real Marketplace.
According to reports from community members and social media posts by the 805 Immigrant Coalition, the National Guard convoy was believed to be en route to Los Angeles amidst ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The coalition, which represents a network of immigration advocacy organizations across the Central Coast, noted that the vehicles had left the area shortly after their stop. The increased presence of the National Guard has sparked concerns about its involvement in ICE operations, bringing attention to recent tensions surrounding immigration enforcement activities.
Concerns Over the Role of the National Guard
The Posse Comitatus Act generally prohibits the National Guard from engaging in civilian law enforcement. However, documents obtained by NPR revealed that the Department of Homeland Security had proposed the use of National Guard personnel in ICE operations, including “night operations,” “rural interdiction,” and “guard duty and riot control” inside detention facilities.
Home Depot and similar workplaces have reportedly become targets for immigration raids in recent weeks, adding to community anxiety. Protests against ICE raids in areas such as Los Angeles and Paramount have intensified since Friday, prompting unrest and calls for action from advocacy groups.
Escalation in Federal Deployment
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address protests in Los Angeles. This marked the first time since 1965 that a U.S. president mobilized the National Guard without a formal request or consent from the state government.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, in a statement, criticized the move, stating, “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.” Newsom emphasized that California law enforcement officials had reported “no unmet law enforcement needs” prior to the deployment.
The deployment comes amidst widespread protests against ICE operations and heightened fears over the erosion of immigrant rights.
Advocacy groups, including the 805 Immigrant Coalition, have urged local communities to remain vigilant and vocal in the face of federal intervention, questioning the necessity of the National Guard’s involvement.
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Between a rock and a hard place, if our miltary are actively pushed into this unconstitutional situation. The mislead may be OK with it for a while. Otherwise, everyone could refuse to be injected into this illegal activity; it isn’t what they signed up for.
Kent State Massacre in May of 1970: Unarmed student protestors. Military deployed with weapons. Tense confrontation: 4 or 5 students died & another 9 or 10 were wounded for protesting expansion of the Viet Nam “Conflict”. (Politicians were too dishonest to call it what it was: War.) 60,000 young men died; others came home addicted to drugs or mentally disabled for life. Why? Trying to survive Between a rock and a hard place.
The Supreme Court should intervene and stop this madness.
The supreme court cant stop anything
Ha ha ha ha ha. What a fool. SCOTUS has no enforcement arm.
Not this Supreme Court.
Fascism moves fast.
Oh, right, Edhat gets squeamish about language but not about violation of the constitution.
Trump breaking the law again–unconstitutional and illegal to deploy National Guard in this fashion.
Lick that boot.
It’s a full on riot in LA.
Yeah, when masked and armed thugs with no visible identification are kidnapping people off the streets it sort of pisses people off.
I’m sure you’ll be cheering when your fascist cult leader again violates the constitution by sending in Marines who end up killing a bunch of people.
Keep on bootlicking.
SHOW US YOUR FACES YOU COWARDS
It wasn’t until Trump escalated everything by overstepping our Governor’s authority and forcing the military to be deployed against our will. THAT is when it kicked off.
And remember, the Guard did nothing. No enforcement, nothing. They simply sprinkled 300 troops around town to stand watch and be present. They did NOTHING to control the increased violence their presence caused.
The anger about immigration then became anger about the fascist actions of our criminal president.
there are many many confirmed reports, from news anchors, and reporters on scene that the protesters did little to nothing until the sheriff department swarmed them, and fired round after round after round of flash bangs and tear gas. firing point blank range at several protesters who had their arms raised. reports are now surfacing that this is a police induced riot and things got real nasty when the guard was illegally activated by a fascist regime.
check out APnews.com and Rueters….some very compelling evidence that the cops started this mess…
KNEIN – exactly! Just saw a video last night of them shooting a lone, single woman at point blank range as she approached a line of scumbags trying to get to her apartment.
The cops have been heavy handed from the start. Then you add in the National Guard and Marines…… violence is gonna happen.
Time to get ready.
It’s only a “riot” in the eyes craven little cowards and bigots too scared to see straight.
I see citizens peacefully standing up for the Constitution, due process, and the rule of law. I see clearly that the orange-poop-taco is trying his damndest to cause violence, and lying through his fake teeth about it. I see his goon Stephen Miller calling peaceful protests an “insurrection” and peeing his pants about martial law. I see ICE agents masked and unidentified acting like bumbling criminals and thugs kidnapping citizens and zip-tying children at birthday parties and restaurants, while Cosplay Barbie pouts and flips her hair on camera grinding out lie after lie.
ANYONE who supports what these mofos are doing is a gotdam traitor.
The anti-Trump protests this Saturday should be interesting. Let’s hope no one gets shot by their own military.
There’s no military coming to a small protest in liberal SB, don’t be scared
Don’t be frightened for just us, be frightened for the ideals on which this country was founded.
Shall not perish!
E SIMMONS – you should read the news. The protests this Saturday are planned all over the country.
Here, look how many there will be:
https://www.newsweek.com/map-list-cities-protests-trump-june-14-2081284#slideshow/2657377
So no, I’m not “scared” of marines in SB. I’m talking about ALL OVER our country.
Further, Trump himself has threatened violence against anyone who even protests at his Fat Man-Baby Burfday Pawade.
Here, read the news again:
“”For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-warns-protests-army-parade-will-be-met-with-very-big-force-2025-06-10/
You MAGA Cons really have a problem with facts.
MAGA cons are just sheep following their leader, right over the cliff. i’ll be watching in a few years to see how many of these fools end up prosecuted. Trump included. worst president ever…and I lived through the Regan admin.
Nobody’s scared amigo.
i’ll be there. ready. look for me and my malinois. will also be at the juneteenth party at plaza del mar park at the band shell. beautiful park.
See you down there! It’s time to get loud!
Love Malinois, such great dogs. See you there.
So these aren’t riots? lol…you gotta be frickin’ kidding. No wonder the Dems ate crap in the last election. Get your story straight and your head in the game, man.
Read the news, Paul. They only got “riot-y” yesterday when Trump acted like a bish and sent the Guard in.
How do you think it will go with marines who are on their way to “defend” against today’s peaceful protests in a couple parks?
haha, “rioty”
or “riotesque”
or “riotish”
“Orange-poop-taco”, as someone called him, along with his cowardly drunken soldier-with-a-lot-to-prove Hegseth are such desperate and weak substitutes for leaders, and trying way too hard to appear tough and resolute. They appear willing to trample any law that binds them. They are ignorant, immoral cowards.
No, they’re not “riots”. We have had actual riots in LA before. Whole neighborhoods razed and burned, blocks of stores looted and smashed, and freeways shut down. Maybe you heard about those, but they’ve slipped your foggy mind.
We have also had protests that turned violent for brief moments in isolated places, mainly as a result of the instigation, brutality, and lack of crowd management skills LAPD is so famous for. That’s what happened this weekend, and the vast majority of the protesters’ violence was graffiti and broken windows, while LAPD broke bones, poisoned crowds, and bloodied up anyone who shouted too loudly at them.
Trump’s wet dream coming true. Sending in the military to attack anti-ICE protestors in the state he hates the most.
These protests are kicking off all over the country. Treating undocumented immigrants like violent criminals and stripping some of their due process rights for simply looking a certain way will no longer be tolerated.
It’s notable how the Gravy Seals and Proud Boys and other cowardly racists haven’t attempted to counter protest. Good Americans far outnumber them. I do worry though that at some point this summer, these wretched groups will cause violence and death.
It’s a powder keg out there and Trump is insisting on lighting the match.
Gavin Newsom doesn’t want them there, Karen Bass doesn’t want them there.
Herr Diktator, though, is downright giddy over the prospect of martial law.
And his cronies Miller, Homan, and Hegseth love the smell of fascism in the morning.
They are licking their lips at the prospect of killing protesters.
They’ve already injured a reporter and a cameraman from the BBC who were merely standing in the area and filming the protests.
That video is insane. You can clearly see the cop raise and aim his weapon right at her WHILE SHE IS REPORTING.
This is it. Here we go.
You should head back to LA Alex. Your allies need your help down there.
Yes, too bad we all can’t be down there to support democracy and the rule of law against blatant anti-constitutional actions.
Heck no mac, LA sucks.
Yeah, Mac! Pro sports, entertainment, culture, concerts, world renown art museums, beautiful beaches near snow capped mountains, many different cultural and historical events, a diverse (uh oh….trigger warning!) range of races and ethnicities and all that crap SUCKS!
Now back to rolling your boogers.
You might have to be in the same space as a minority. Terrifying for you I’m sure.
You say support the rule of law. So explain how attempting to arrest people that have broken our immigration law isn’t sup[porting the rule of law. And explain how rioting, burning cars, shutting down a major freeway and dropping concrete blocks from overpasses on cars is “lawful”.
Anyone who supports the rule of law should be in favor of seeing Trump in prison, along with all the truly violent insurrectionists he pardoned.
Literally no one has said “rioting, burning cars, shutting down a major freeway and dropping concrete blocks from overpasses on cars is “lawful”.
Stop making crap up.
But it’s not that bad, right? It’s all overreaction.
Alex, do you have eyes? You don’t seem to be seeing what everyone else is seeing in the media on this. Minimizing domestic terrorism, rampant vandalism, burning American flags, and attacking law enforcement isn’t a good strategy for anything.
It’s going nowhere for your cause.
Yeah, I already said that there has been minimal rioting. It’s a fact. You fear driven right wingers freak out and are irrational at every turn.
Minimal. Rioting. A bunch of vandalism. Scattered attacks on cops. All bad things, yep, and minimal violence from a community that could burn the whole state down if they were so inclined. They aren’t–despite your cult leader’s every attempt to make the situation worse.
And I don’t give a single f*** about an American flag being burned. I don’t give a f*** if you burn a Quran, a Torah, a Bible, or a cookbook. In THIS country we have something called freedom of speech–which you people would gladly throw in the fireplace along with the Constitution. You should really move to Russia.
BASIC – what “domestic terrorism?” LOL dude you don’t even know what that means.
and you hide your name to post this. that says it all….
So adorable, some entitled old man sitting on his brains thinking it’s a joke to stand up for people being demonized and illegally targeted and detained.
Lick that boot.
From the Chief P*ssy himself: “”IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT,”
BREAKING: Trump is sending in the marines right now.
“Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter, and will join the National Guard troops that were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor.”
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-09-25
There are no riots right now. A couple peaceful protests and that’s it.
Resist!
Sure, send in the guys who are trained to kill. Not to police, not to control crowds–to kill. That is what Marines are best at, that is what they train for, that is their job–none are better.
You MAGATS super fired up? You got your little pants tight over the prospect of US military being deployed to kill unarmed protesters?
This is what you are. Disgusting.
I’ll bet they are! They’re hoping for livestreamed mass killings and donating like mad so their god-sent savior can save them from all the loud and nasty brown people.
If fascists were really running the show this would have ended in seconds.
RUBY – Sure, it COULD have but even TACO knows that would have caused massive problems for him. He’s testing the waters right now.
Just because he didn’t drop a nuclear bomb on LA, doesn’t mean he’s not a fascist.
Weak argument.
Basically, the “it’s not bad because it could be worse” argument is logically fallacious.
RUB – You mean “competent” fascists. These fascists are more like a Shoot Yourself In The Foot Gang.
The lefties are really freaking out today. Stay calm and carry on.
BASIC – you spelled “true patriots and others who value justice, morality and the truth” wrong.
sac, Can you explain how rioting, burning cars, etc. makes them “true patriots’ and how their actions reflect that they are valuing justice, morality and truth?
ANON – Please read better. I was not talking about the professional agitators who are there causing unnecessary violence, I’m talking about “the lefties” here on this site who BASIC says are “really freaking out today.”
Read words good.
“the professional agitators”
???
Who are they?
Who is paying them?
What is the definition of “professional agitator”?
No one is paying anyone to protest. I’m talking about the agitators who always show up and ruin peaceful protests with violence. Maybe “professional” isn’t the right word.
It’s not the right word, at all! It’s mimicking trumpists to refer to “professional” protesters or “agitators.” The latter is one of the words the other side uses; I’m not saying you used it. You’re the last person I’d think would feed into their verbiage. But you did, in this case.
Whoops, you did use “agitators.” Too bad. There simply are people in every protest, and in every celebration, such as sports championships, who like to use violence like rock throwing and burning stuff.
Definitely a poor choice of words in this case, to make your case, which I generally support.
And the world gets worse at every turn:
Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies
The administration is preparing to send thousands of foreigners to the infamous detention facility, including people from Britain, France and Italy, with no plans to notify their home governments, officials said.
Yeah, and yet my overall point doesn’t change in my comment. But no, I definitely do not believe the agitators or whatever you want to call them are paid.
Are you sure Bends Knees isn’t one of your sock puppets? You sure sound like him here.
Wake up dude. Guns flowing south, drugs flowing north, and millions of deaths in both nations. This war has been raging for decades, and the only thing people like you have to offer is “It’s Fascism.” WEAK
No, SCHIFTER, it’s “fascism” to detain people with no criminal record and expel them to prisons in countries that are not their own without allowing them due process. It’s “fascism,” to terrify hard-working, tax-paying and law-abiding, albeit undocumented immigrants and rip them from their families, again, without due process because “trials would take too long.” It’s “fascism,” to supersede the governor and send in the US military to deal with protests when the local LE is clearly handling it on their own.
Two entirely separate issues.
imagine if we didn’t have the 2nd amendment!!!
SAIL – what does the 2A have to do with this? No one is exercising it. Why has the NRA been completely silent about these raids by unidentified, masked men grabbing people off the streets based on how they look and shipping them out of our country without due process?
Isn’t the 2A intended to protect against this?
It has to do with the 2nd amendments purpose. The part you will never understand.
The government is afraid of a armed population. Far to many examples of disarming civilians before forming dictatorships.
SAIL – Ok, then explain. You just say I don’t understand. I’m trying to, as bringing up the 2A in a time of government overreach and unconstitutional actions is relevant. Just saying I’ll never understand doesn’t help.
Yes, I agree that because the government is afraid, they’re avoiding going into tough neighborhoods after the real criminals, and instead going to where they know the people won’t be armed – courthouses, schools, churches, etc, to harass and detain otherwise law abiding undocumented immigrants who are just trying to survive and be part of our communities. That is why I called ICE “cowards.” Because they are. They’re beating up and terrorizing peaceful non-criminal immigrants as they try to do things the “legal way” at courthouses.
“Disarming civilians?” How? When? That isn’t happening.
So again, how is “having the 2nd amendment” helping here?
Another one who doesn’t understand what “well regulated militia” means.
Yeah. Without that anachronism, we might have a nation with a safer populace!