Jun 11 Watch 7:33 Immigration raid protests spread to more cities as Trump threatens additional deployments By Sam Lane, Jackson Hudgins, Layla Quran, Maea Lenei Buhre, Marcia Biggs A curfew in downtown Los Angeles remains in effect and more than 350 protesters have been arrested there since the weekend. The National Guard said some troops may be deployed with immigration agents as well. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 4:10 How GOP lawmakers are reacting to immigration raid protests and Trump's response By Lisa Desjardins, Jonah Anderson, Kyle Midura Immigration raids and inspections continued on Wednesday in California, Pennsylvania and Louisiana, among other places. Chicago's mayor called the president an authoritarian, but the Trump administration defended his approach and warned guard troops could be deployed to other cities. Lisa… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 7:01 LA mayor says military, National Guard presence 'provoke the population' By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold The city of Los Angeles has been the center of protests against federal immigration raids. Mayor Karen Bass and more than two dozen other California mayors have asked President Trump to end the sweeps. Bass joined Geoff Bennett to discuss… Continue watching
Jun 11 WATCH: Hegseth reacts to concern that Trump administration applies double standard to protests By Joshua Barajas Hegseth has strongly defended Trump’s militarized response to protests over federal immigration raids but would not directly answer a question from a lawmaker Wednesday about whether he supported the decision to activate the National Guard during the Jan. 6 attack… Continue reading
Jun 11 PHOTOS: Protests against immigration raids spread across the U.S. By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: Hegseth says troops could be in LA for 60 days, cost $134 million By Dan Cooney "We're here to maintain the peace on behalf of law enforcement officers in Los Angeles, which Gavin Newsom won't do," Hegseth said. Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump pushes ahead with his maximalist immigration campaign in face of LA protests By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Trump is moving swiftly, with little internal restraint to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to deliver on his promise of mass deportations. Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump sends 700 Marines and 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Jason Dearen, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Gov. Gavin Newsom called the deployments reckless and "disrespectful to our troops."… Continue reading
Jun 09 California plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment By Jason Dearen, Jaimie Ding, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press California will file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets, the attorney general said. Continue reading
Jun 08 National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles to quell protests on orders from Trump By Eric Thayer, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas on a group of protesters gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the city in an effort to quell recent unrest against federal immigration authorities. Continue reading