National Guard, Trump and protests in Los Angeles
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Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman said 500 National Guard members have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations.
McCrory said the state is put in a “precarious position” when a governor and mayor aren’t willing to work with the president.
It's been five days since anti-ICE demonstrations erupted in Los Angeles, some turning violent between protesters and law enforcement officers, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines.
Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez joined 18 other attorneys general in opposing the president’s use of the California National Guard on protesters in Los Angeles.
Trump claims the troops are quelling protests. But California officials fear their real mission is bigger: militarizing mass deportation.
President Trump’s assertions that federal troops have saved the city from destruction did not appear to reflect reality.
Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stood guard outside an industrial park in the city of Paramount, deploying tear gas as bystanders and protesters gathered after U.S. immigration authorities extended activity in the Los Angeles area Saturday.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norm