2 w. ago Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed during immigration raid protests

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday that was imposed in response to clashes with police, looting and vandalism amid protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city. The curfew set in place June 10 provided “successful crime prevention and suppression efforts” and […]

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3 w. ago SHAPIRO: Trump counting on Lions to defeat rioting Scavengers

As Los Angeles burst into riots this week over a federal immigration raid, one protester took to his social media channels to explain just what was going on — why arsonists armed with Palestinian flags stood alongside vandals armed with Palestinian flags, why some masked protesters hurled rocks at police cars while others summoned automated […]

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3 w. ago White House defiant as judge rules Trump’s National Guard deployment was illegal

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the immigration raids that fueled the protests would move forward, saying agents have thousands of targets

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3 w. ago Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem’s news conference and handcuffed

LOS ANGELES — Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and around the country. Video shows a Secret Service agent on […]

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3 w. ago An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided the plant and arrested more than half its workforce. The raid took place despite the company meticulously following the government’s own system for verifying the workers were in the country […]

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3 w. ago Trump says he will ’liberate’ Los Angeles in speech to mark army’s 250th anniversary

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday as he defended deploying the military on demonstrators opposed to his immigration enforcement raids. Trump, in his most aggressive language yet regarding the protests, used a speech ostensibly supposed to […]

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3 w. ago Federal immigration raid at Omaha food production plant sparks protests

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Immigration authorities raided at least one Omaha food production plant Tuesday morning, inspiring some small protests, but details about how many workers were affected weren’t immediately clear. Omaha police and the Douglas County sheriff said immigration officials had warned them about their plans, and their departments helped block off traffic around […]

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3 w. ago Mexican national soccer team changes hotels in Los Angeles because of safety concerns

The Mexican national soccer team will change hotels in Los Angeles ahead of their Gold Cup match on Saturday because of safety concerns amid the protests against immigration raids in the city, a team spokesman said Tuesday. Mexico will play its opening match in the regional tournament against the Dominican Republic at SoFi Stadium in […]

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3 w. ago How the Los Angeles protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown evolved

Dozens of demonstrators have been arrested for clashing with police over the past three days after federal immigration authorities conducted several raids in the city.

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4 w. ago What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA protests

What to know about Trump's deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops over Gov. Newsom’s objections, invoking Title 10 to support ICE amid protests.

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