The United States government will activate an extra 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, the military confirmed in a statement Tuesday night, as a legal battle continues over the deployment. Protests against federal immigration policies that exploded in Los Angeles and across the country in recent weeks have since died down, and a nighttime … Read more
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The march was inescapable along one of the oldest streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. Tens of thousands of people chanted over each other, laid on air horns and sang along with live bands performing from flatbed trucks rolling down the middle of the road. As the crowd moved, people passed business after business that … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Officers on horseback push back crowds at L.A. ICE protest 00:29 UP NEXT Thousands gather in cities across the country for ‘No Kings’ rallies 01:56 Marines arrive in LA as part of Trump’s new deployment 02:38 ‘Ridiculous’: House … Read more
A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing Thursday that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the temporary restraining order after an hourlong hearing in a San Francisco federal court. California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, … Read more
At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California’s National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports. “Thank you to the National Guard for a job well … Read more
Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles have triggered a flood of falsehoods and conspiracy theories online, and Russia has sought to exploit and amplify them, experts say. Russian media and pro-Russian voices have embraced right-wing conspiracy theories about the protests, including one that alleged the Mexican government was encouraging the demonstrations against President Donald … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to defend his decision to call upon National Guard troops and marines to quell demonstrations in Los Angeles, following up on earlier claims the city would have been “obliterated” if he hadn’t done so. It’s an unprovable claim, and one that has received pushback from local officials including … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing L.A. councilman says ICE raids are creating ‘absolute terror’ in community 05:21 UP NEXT LAPD Chief McDonnell says those who violate curfew are ‘subject to arrest’ 03:04 Reporter falls back with dispersed L.A. protesters amid flash-bangs, tear gas … Read more
For the better part of Tuesday afternoon, yet another protest simmered behind a federal detention centre in downtown Los Angeles, which has been the epicentre for demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown since the weekend. Demonstrators gathered, some teenagers and some adults with young children on their shoulders, as organizers regularly reminded them to … Read more