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At least 300 National Guard troops have been deployed to Los Angeles, and the president has not ruled out whether he will invoke the Insurrection Act.
Los Angeles entered its fourth day of unrest sparked by immigration raids, with President Donald Trump suggesting Gavin Newsom should be arrested over his response and the governor vowing to sue the administration for deploying National Guard troops to the city.
"No president has ever federalized the National Guard for purposes of responding to potential future civil unrest anywhere in the country."
Demonstrators will gather Monday in Boston's City Hall Plaza to protest ICE activities after a weekend of tumult on the West Coast.
The state’s governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”
President Donald Trump called for more troops to enter Los Angeles amid rioting in the Californian city that stemmed from protests against immigration enforcement. The Republican president is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to L.A. to quell turmoul on the streets, despite opposition from Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
Rioters in Los Angeles, California, objecting to deportation efforts of illegal immigrants in the U.S. have plagued the city with violence for three days. This has included assaulting law enforcement,
An LA official has said several protests are expected today. Donald Trump’s “border tsar” Tom Homan has warned that someone could “lose their life” if clashes between protestors and immigration officers continue.