Los Angeles, Trump and Insurrection Act
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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.
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?
The deployment of federal troops in Los Angeles has sparked concerns among some legal experts about the future of civilian-military relations in the United States. Two CFR experts weigh in on the
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,
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.
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 ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday
Protests in Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs ... would try to override that kind of restriction by invoking the Insurrection Act, a 19th-century law that "authorizes the president ...