Trump, California and National Guard
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David Huerta, the president of California's SEIU division, was charged with conspiracy to impede on an officer, which faces a maximum sentence of six years if convicted.
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New York Magazine on MSNTrump and California Face Off Over L.A. Protests: Live UpdatesThe state is suing to block Trump’s National Guard deployment, and more demonstrations are expected on Monday night. Here’s the latest.
California is once again on fire, and this time it’s not because of Mother Nature.
The Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. It was last used by President George H. W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict in April 1992.
Texas leaders are reacting Monday as tensions in Los Angeles increased Sunday following President Donald Trump's deployment of the California National Guard.
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California demonstrators protesting the federal immigration raids blocked traffic on a major Los Angeles freeway. NBC News' David Noriega reports on the continuing anti-ICE protest.
State law, in fact, specifically prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal immigration enforcement operations in most instances.
HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”