Overview
- Sen. Tom Cotton defended the Trump administration’s use of National Guard troops and Marines to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
- He cited comments from the LAPD chief that officers were overwhelmed last weekend as justification for federal intervention.
- Cotton reiterated his support for invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act to mobilize active-duty military in domestic unrest.
- He announced plans to introduce legislation imposing harsher penalties for rioters who attack law enforcement and to classify riot-related crimes as deportable offenses.
- The House Oversight Committee, led by Reps. James Comer and Clay Higgins, has launched an inquiry into Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the riots.