Article 6XTXS Trump news at a glance: ‘This is not justice’ – the uprising over Ice raids on LA

Trump news at a glance: ‘This is not justice’ – the uprising over Ice raids on LA

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Trump sends in national guard as aides talk tough; Vance says he's had bigger outbursts than Musk. Key US politics stories from Saturday 7 June at a glance

Donald Trump's homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Saturday pushed back against the protesters opposing immigration raids in Los Angeles: A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @Icegov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner and the White House deputy chief of staff, described the protests as a violent insurrection". During protests at a federal detention facility in downtown LA, David Huerta, a senior union official, was arrested in a police response that included teargas and flash-bangs. Hospitalised for his injuries, Huerta released a statement: Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice."

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