Photos of Immigration Protests Spreading Across US
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Days of demonstrations against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled round-the-clock news coverage and a number of misleading social media posts, including unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents.
Newsom filed a lawsuit Monday in response to Trump ordering the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles following protests over his stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. They were originally called in to protect federal buildings, and the president later ordered the deployment of 700 Marines.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to stop the National Guard and Marines from aiding immigration raids in Los Angeles, amid ongoing state and federal immigration policy disputes in other Democratic-led states.
The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.
California is challenging President Trump's decision to deploy federal troops to assist immigration agents in Los Angeles.
Judicial precedent backs up the federal government's authority for immigration enforcement as challenges to "sanctuary" policies loom in federal courts.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'
The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.