Mass protests in Los Angeles started final week after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids throughout the city, concentrating on locations like House Depots, automobile washes, and the garment district.
Demonstrations grew in response to the federal brokers’ presence and actions, resulting in clashes with police. In response, President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops to town over the weekend and about 700 Marines by midweek.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom swiftly denounced Trump’s orders, and filed an emergency lawsuit to dam the president’s “brazen abuse of power.” LA Mayor Karen Bass declared an area emergency, and enacted an indefinite curfew in downtown Los Angeles. Each officers declare that is the administration’s broader try to escalate the situation on the ground and to intimidate the city’s undocumented population.
Solidarity protests have spread to more than a dozen US cities, together with New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta, with extra arrests nationwide.
It is a growing story. Observe right here for the most recent information, explainers, and evaluation.
- Trump is frustrated by his own success on immigration
- The real reason Trump is suddenly ordering immigration raids
- I’m the daughter of immigrants. The LA I know isn’t in the news.
- The LA protests reveal what actually unites the Trump right
- How a little-known law became Trump’s weapon of choice against immigration
- Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture
- Trump escalates his battle with California
- Trump deploying the National Guard is part of a bigger plan
