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President Donald Trump signed a memorandum "deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness" in California as demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations continue in the state, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Saturday evening.
The Trump administration says it will send 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after two days of isolated clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters.
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) reacts to President Trump deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles amid protests over the administration’s immigration raids.
The U.S. Army celebrates its 250th birthday on June 14th, which coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, and will be marked by a parade that may include tanks and rocket launchers at the National Mall.
Clashes erupted between protesters and law enforcement officers in riot gear in Paramount, California just a day after Los Angeles saw sweeping immigration raids. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), who sits on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,
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Democrats in Congress and some military and law enforcement officials expressed concern about the plan, which Defense Department officials have not yet approved.