Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s sons, criticized those protesting the immigration raids in Los Angeles by calling them “mongoloids,” an offensive term to describe those affected with Down syndrome. Trump and his allies have condemned the protests despite them being largely peaceful before he ordered the National Guard to respond.

US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called on federal agencies to "do all in their power" to deliver "the single largest mass deportation programme in history",

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States must expand efforts to deport people who are illegally in the country, including in cities such as Los Angeles, which has seen protests in opposition to immigration raids.