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The National Guard in Los Angeles has detained anti-ICE protesters while providing security for immigration operations, with officials expecting protests to escalate.
“Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect,” read a post on the LAPD’s social media, sent at 9:09p.m local time on Tuesday night.
Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.
Downtown Los Angeles was bustling with dog-walkers and commuters touting coffee cup after the first night of curfew meant to tamp down tensions following days of protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Protesters and police have faced off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests are popping up across the country. Follow for live updates.
The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.
California Governor Gavin Newsom took to the airwaves Tuesday night — with federal troops stationed in his state’s largest city and immigration agents rounding up residents — and warned Americans that democracy itself was under attack from President Donald Trump.
At least 2,000 people marched through downtown Raleigh Wednesday evening to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies and the ICE raids sparking unrest in Los Angeles. Waving both American and Mexican flags,
President Donald Trump’s aggressive response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is fueling a California push to insulate state residents’ personal data from Washington. Tech-skeptical California lawmakers and activists fear the Trump administration will leverage tech tools to track and punish demonstrators accused of interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.