Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
by Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles, Maya Yang, Diana Ra from US news | The Guardian on (#6XTTZ)
California governor calls move purposefully inflammatory' and says it will escalate tensions' amid immigration crackdown
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Donald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests for a second day and police in riot gear used teargas on bystanders.
The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was moving to take over" the California national guard. Newsom said the mobilization was purposefully inflammatory" and warned that it would only escalate tensions".
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