Los Angeles, Immigration Protests
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Protests have continued in the Los Angeles area since Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted mass arrests in the area Friday.
While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.
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Los Angeles has become the epicentre of heated protests and military mobilisation following aggressive immigration raids by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The demonstrations, which began on 6 June,
President Donald Trump is trying to justify his decision to deploy National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area this weekend by describing protesters broadly as violent “insurrectionists” hell-bent on destroying the city. It’s a dishonest claim meant to delegitimize protest — and it foreshadows a more sinister power grab.
Law enforcement is moving to clear the streets of downtown Los Angeles, where protesters had pushed up against police lines. Thousands of protests are taking place nationwide to counterprogram the president’s military parade in Washington, D.C., and to ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom blasts the federal government's response to anti-immigration raid protests as "purposefully inflammatory".
President Trump called in the National Guard on Saturday after isolated clashes between federal law enforcement and people protesting immigration raids.
The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.