Trump to Deploy National Guard in LA
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Dozens arrested in Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests turn violent, with charges including assault on police and attempted murder as National Guard troops deploy.
HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”
Authorities swept in with flash-bangs and tear gas grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump has deployed California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov.
Massachusetts senator tells Boston business leaders the deployment aims to "create a chill" in immigrant communities while attention shifts from healthcare cuts.
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Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat representing parts of East Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, had the following message for members of the National Guard stationed outside an ICE facility that she was unable to enter.
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President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is the latest in a long history of U.S. elected officials sending troops in hopes of thwarting unrest connected to civil rights protests.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem blamed California Gov. Newsom for the need to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles protests.