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About 700 Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area early Tuesday under orders from President Trump, following four consecutive days of protests over federal immigration enforcement. Here's a timeline of how the protests have unfolded in multiple locations around L.
More than 35% of Los Angeles' population is foreign-born, shaping its reaction to Trump's immigration crackdown.
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“There is no emergency, widespread threat, or out of control violence in Los Angeles,” said Rick Caruso, Los Angeles real estate developer and former president of the L.A. Police Commission on X.
This is false. The ad, which appeared in Craigslist's Los Angeles section for general labor jobs, was bait for a prank show and had nothing to do with the protests in Los Angeles, the ad's creator told The Associated Press.
What started as a small protest against immigrant arrests escalated over a few days, after President Trump called in the National Guard.
Unlike the 1992 riots, protests have mainly been peaceful and been confined to a roughly five-block stretch of downtown LA, a tiny patch in the sprawling city of nearly 4 million people. No one has died. There’s been vandalism and some cars set on fire but no homes or buildings have burned.
President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops to California is forcing Democrats back onto politically perilous turf, as they look for ways to condemn Trump’s actions without being drawn into a broad debate over immigration or tying themselves to the chaotic scenes emerging from Los Angeles.