Trump Allowed to Keep National Guard in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property, personnel, the commander in charge says. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said Friday that the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.
Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
At least a dozen groups are planning anti-Trump protests in the Los Angeles area Saturday, following eight days of immigration enforcement demonstrations.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
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The House Oversight Committee is investigating the protests in Los Angeles, sending letters to the top Democratic officials involved in the response.
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Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.
Los Angeles County residents can support local and regional organizations that are directly supporting families who were affected by recent ICE raids and immigrant communities in need.