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California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis on the escalating tensions between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as protests against ICE continue in Los Angeles.
Two men face federal charges for possessing Molotov cocktails during anti-immigration-enforcement protests in LA and Paramount, while two other men face charges of assaulting a federal officer
President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops to California is forcing Democrats back onto politically perilous turf, as they look for ways to condemn Trump’s actions without being drawn into a broad debate over immigration or tying themselves to the chaotic scenes emerging from Los Angeles.
Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.
As protests against immigration enforcement rage on in Los Angeles, despite the efforts of local law enforcement and the military, Immigration and Customs
Unions have backed immigrant rights in California and have been on the forefront of resisting the Trump administration’s deportations.
The curfew went into effect in part of downtown Los Angeles amid ongoing protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Protests against immigration enforcement raids have sprung up across the country from Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.