Los Angeles is on edge—and local business owners have had enough.

As anti-ICE riots continue to spiral out of control, store owners across the city are speaking out against the violence, vandalism, and looting that’s ravaged their communities while elected leaders refuse to act.

“We are sick and tired of it,” said Paul Scrivano, a business owner who spoke on Fox & Friends First. “We have no one in charge. I would go so far as to say we have children in charge of Los Angeles right now.”

Over the weekend, anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles turned into a full-scale riot. Demonstrators vandalized stores, smashed windows, and looted major chains and local businesses alike. In response, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops and 500 Marines to the city—despite fierce resistance from California Governor Gavin Newsom.

But for the shopkeepers watching their dreams go up in smoke, Trump’s move couldn’t have come soon enough.

At Nathan’s Jewelers, a family-owned business since 1987, the devastation is personal. “One week there’s a riot for transgender or other things and they close all the business… Another day, something else,” the owner told Fox 11. “Why do these people come to downtown?”

His daughter, shaken and frustrated, added, “It’s very crazy. Very sad. People are stupid. What can you do?”

Their store, which doesn’t even sell real jewelry, was hit hard. “I’m not a big guy,” the father said. “I don’t sell jewelry. I sell costume jewelry. I’m not a big fish.”

Monty, the owner of Bargain2Perfumes, echoed the anger. “This is so ridiculous,” he told NewsNation. “They’re not protesting for ICE or anything. They are doing it just for the looting of the stores.”

The message from the ground is clear: this isn’t about immigration—it’s about criminal opportunists exploiting chaos while city officials look the other way.

Scrivano put the blame squarely on Los Angeles leadership. “These people don’t care,” he said. “The only way it’s going to stop is if many troops come in, round them up, put them in the back of trucks and bring them into a cell. We need to put them in jail cells, as many as we possibly can. If it’s thousands, it’s thousands.”

“These are not from L.A.,” he added. “Send them back to where they came from.”

Yet even now, Governor Newsom is resisting. He filed an emergency motion Tuesday to block further federal reinforcements, insisting the protests were “largely nonviolent.” That claim flies in the face of video evidence showing looters smashing businesses, robbing stores, and terrorizing neighborhoods across the city.

The situation has become so bad that even Democratic strategists are warning their party that the riots are playing directly into Trump’s hands. As the president acts swiftly to restore order, Democrat leaders are exposed as paralyzed and out of touch.

While Newsom downplays the violence, real people are watching their livelihoods vanish. They’re not asking for speeches or spin. They’re demanding action—and for many, that means backing Trump’s effort to take the streets back.

The time for excuses is over. California’s leaders may be lost in denial, but Los Angeles is screaming for law and order. And President Trump is delivering it.