Los Angeles, Clash and Trump
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After a day of peaceful protests in Los Angeles, tensions mounted as law enforcement moved to disperse the crowd.
Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
Los Angeles has entered its second week of anti-ICE protests as President Trump has called for immigration agents to step up enforcement in LA and other Democrat-run cities.
Actress Jenna Ortega made an Instagram post describing how her “heart was heavy" over recent anti-ICE protests, Iranian strikes and the Israel-Hamas war.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times.
Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
6:30 p.m.: More than 100 people gathered at the immigration services building and detention center in downtown Los Angeles to protest the raids. DHS officers fired pepper balls at the protesters before the Los Angeles Police Department dispersed the crowd.
Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building after a week of protests against immigration raids, while communities across the country are preparing for demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend.
The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.
Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba.