Los Angeles protests against ICE raids
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A military spokeswoman said the Marines would be on the city’s streets on Wednesday. A federal judge will hear a request by California on Thursday to prevent the use of the soldiers.
A major Los Angeles suburb revoked its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to public backlash to federal agents seeking to carry out the Trump administration’s deportation agenda by detaining illegal immigrants.
President Donald Trump used a speech honoring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in a confrontation over his immigration policy, a move critics have decried as a politically motivated over-reaction.
Soldiers mobilized by President Trump protected ICE agents on their raids in Los Angeles. The state of California said the deployment was illegal.
President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday (June 10) issued a curfew for the city’s downtown following several days of intense protests against ICE raids that saw clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement,