Donald Trump, National Guard and California
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Protestors in over a dozen cities are set to demonstrate their solidarity with those arrested by federal agents in California over the weekend.
Riots erupted in California over the weekend over the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal immigrants in the Golden State. President Donald Trump warned Monday that Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell had said protesters are getting “very much more aggressive,
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."
Texas leaders are reacting Monday as tensions in Los Angeles increased Sunday following President Donald Trump's deployment of the California National Guard.
David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union of California, was arrested Friday during ICE protests. SEIU United Service Workers West Vice President Sandra Diaz joins Ana Cabrera to respond.
The rally by the Service Employees International Union is in support of David Huerta, president of the California SEIU, who was detained by federal officials Friday.
State law, in fact, specifically prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal immigration enforcement operations in most instances.
California’s governor plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protests
Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump in response to the administration’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets in Los Angeles.
Australian television journalist Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city.