Trump Allowed to Keep National Guard in Los Angeles
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Will the 4,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles return to Governor Newsom's control? The legal battle over their deployment by President Trump will continue Tuesday in a federal appeals court in San Francisco.
Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that Los Angeles does not need National Guard troops to bolster city police amid protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, despite violent incidents.
Los Angeles police have issued a dispersal order at No Kings protests downtown. Officers shot tear gas and rubber bullets at what they called "outside agitators."
Nationwide protests against President Trump’s crackdown on immigration are putting Democrats in tricky political territory ahead of the high-stakes midterms. After demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids roiled Los Angeles and prompted Trump to call in the National Guard despite California’s objections,