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Troops on the streets of LA over ICE raid protests are escalating the battle between Trump & CA Governor Newsom As LAPD declares a tactical alert for city
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration early Monday morning over the president’s deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, even as the LAPD chief admitted Sunday his cops “are overwhelmed” by the violent anti-ICE riots taking over the city.
LAPD declared an unlawful assembly as protests against ICE operations continue as Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops Sunday.
Anger over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations is prompting protests in Chicago. Also, the nation's Democratic governors, including JB Pritzker, are calling the deployment of National Guard in California "an alarming abuse of power.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally requested that the Trump Administration remove the National Guard from L.A.. The soldiers’ insertion into the city was a retaliatory measure made by the President late Saturday night in response to ongoing protests against city-wide raids by U.