Photos from Los Angeles immigration protests
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Unlike the 1992 riots, protests have mainly been peaceful and been confined to a roughly five-block stretch of downtown LA, a tiny patch in the sprawling city of nearly 4 million people. No one has died. There’s been vandalism and some cars set on fire but no homes or buildings have burned.
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President Donald Trump warned that the use of the military in response to protests against his illegal immigration crackdown won't be limited to just Los Angeles.
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Trump is begging for a fight on this. He knows what he’s doing so far is working with the American electorate," one data analyst noted
LA residents who surveyed the damage after the protests on June 8 were disillusioned by what unfolded in their city and feared what might come next.
During Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s testimony on Capitol Hill, Rep. Betty McCollum, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, asked the cost of sending Marines and the National Guard to Los Angeles and what resources were being taken away by the move, but Hegseth repeatedly did not answer the question.
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Trump’s trip comes as he faces criticism over deploying military in an attempt to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.
Scenes of mayhem and violence have emerged from the protests in Los Angeles. Who are the people clashing with law enforcement and fueling the unrest?
Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA. Tensions are escalating for a third day in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.