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Riot police deployed tear gas on Saturday as they faced off against demonstrators protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles. The clashes come a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted operations in the city and arrested more than 40 people on alleged immigration violations.
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized 2,000 California National Guard troops — despite the governor’s objections — to the Los Angeles area, where protests on Saturday led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.
The White House said in a statement Saturday that Trump was deploying the National Guard to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, objected to the move and said in a post on X the move from the Republican president was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
The White House’s move to dramatically ratchet up the response came as …
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