Stephen Miller Accuses LA Mayor of Insurrection Amid ICE Protests

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has sharply criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California state leadership for opposing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts, characterizing their stance as an insurrection against federal authority and national sovereignty. Miller accuses Bass of encouraging mob violence against ICE agents and effectively calling for federal law enforcement to withdraw, which he claims threatens one national government's constitutional command. The Trump administration’s response has included deploying the California National Guard and positioning active duty marines to quell protests against ICE raids, which local officials and communities have described as chaotic and excessively militarized. Bass and other critics argue that ICE’s aggressive deportation tactics have caused unnecessary chaos and infringe on community safety, prompting California to sue the federal government over the National Guard’s federalization. Supporters of Miller emphasize that the protests and attacks on ICE represent rebellion under U.S. law, while opponents highlight the impact on immigrant communities and frame the federal response as an overreach of power. This clash underscores the escalating tensions between federal immigration enforcement policies under President Trump and local efforts to resist those actions in California.