Los Angeles, Trump and Insurrection Act
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Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
Trump's National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and recent comments signal more sweeping executive actions are possible. Is the Insurrection Act one of them?
Protests in Los Angeles are entering their fourth day over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. President Donald Trump, over the weekend, called protesters "violent, insurrectionist mobs" after he deployed the National Guard despite objections from California's Democratic Gov.
The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had conducted several raids across Los Angeles County, which sparked protests. Mr Trump likened them to a “rebellion” and invoked a rarely used statute to deploy at least 2,
Nationwide protests erupted across the US following federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, prompting President Trump to deploy thousands of troops, triggering widespread clashes, curfews, mass arrests,
Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. And Trump’s attempts to describe the protesters as mounting an “insurrection” — a violent effort to overthrow the government — ring hollow ...