Mayor says Los Angeles being used as a ‘test case’ by federal government – as it happened
by Helen Livingstone (now); Robert Mackey, Lucy Campb from US news | The Guardian on (#6XVDQ)
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Pentagon deploys 700 US marines to LA amid immigration protests
Kidnapped': families and lawyers desperate to contact the detained
Trump news at a glance: president ratchets up threats and troops
About 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far.
President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California governor Gavin Newsom.
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