Los Angeles Police Suppress Protests
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Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have spread across the country. The Trump administration said it would continue the raids and deportations despite the protests.
A temporary restraining order said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.
California has challenged the administration's move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
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