Trump, National Guard and immigration
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The streets of Los Angeles rang with the sound of flash-bang grenades on Friday, as camouflage-clad federal agents rolled through the garment district in search of workers who they suspected of being undocumented immigrants. They were met with protesters, who chanted and threw eggs before being dispersed with pepper spray and nonlethal bullets.
"I have always supported Trump, through thick and thin. However, this is unacceptable and inhumane," said Florida Sen. Ileana Garcia.
As President Donald Trump’s administration targets states and local governments for not cooperating with federal immigration authorities, lawmakers in some Democratic-led states are intensifying their resistance by strengthening state laws restricting such cooperation.
House leaders are denying the feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has had an impact on the effort to get Trump’s agenda bill across the finish line in Congress. Follow the latest live news updates.
Large-scale protests Saturday across Los Angeles in response to dozens of arrests Friday in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation prompted a threat from President Trump for a federal response to those protests.
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Trump threatens to crush ‘riots and looters’ as anti-ICE protests in LA continue into second day - Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement set a new record with 2,368 arrests of illegal aliens in one day, part of the Trump administration's push toward a goal of 3,000 daily arrests.
Approximately 44 people” were administratively arrested and one person was arrested on an obstruction charge, Homeland Security Investigations said.