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Protesters and police have faced off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests are popping up across the country. Follow for live updates.
Gavin Newsom as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to grip Los Angeles and spread to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Texas, and other cities. LA Mayor Karen Bass issued an overnight curfew for about 1 square mile in downtown LA,
The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is fueling a California push to insulate state residents’ personal data from Washington. Tech-skeptical California lawmakers and activists fear the Trump administration will leverage tech tools to track and punish demonstrators accused of interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
“Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect,” read a post on the LAPD’s social media, sent at 9:09p.m local time on Tuesday night.
President Donald Trump pointed to Sen. John Fetterman‘s (D-PA) recent comments denouncing the Los Angeles protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as a “big mistake” as further evidence that his decision to call in the National Guard was the right move.
Civil unrest is allowing Trump to portray Democratic opponents as weak on crime, but his actions risk being viewed as norm-breaking, authoritarian overreach.