National Guard arrives in Los Angeles
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the state’s sovereignty was “trampled” by President Donald Trump when he ordered National Guard troops to the immigration protests in Los Angeles.
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Newsom plans to file suit against the Trump administration to roll back the National Guard deployment, which he called “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”
Downtown Los Angeles has been declared an unlawful assembly area following protests that erupted this weekend over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."
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The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor’s permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama.
In a move that has prompted division, Trump ordered the California National Guard to quell the immigration protests, moving to deploy 2,000 soldiers to the Los Angeles area. “Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence,
National Guard troops were sent to downtown Los Angeles Sunday amid a weekend marked by protests and at times violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters. The unrest began following large-scale immigration enforcement operations in the area on Friday,
President Donald Trump ordered thousands of troops after large protests in LA targeted the administration's crackdown on immigration enforcement
The Guard’s arrival marks a potentially volatile phase in Trump’s push to ramp up deportations and in his contentious relationship with state and local authorities.
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