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National Guard deployed in Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids

REUTERS/Mike Blake
8 June 2025 21:43

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) 

California National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday, deployed by President Donald Trump after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids.

About a dozen National Guard members were seen in video footage on Sunday morning lining up at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where detainees from immigration raids on Friday were taken, sparking protests that continued on Saturday.

The complex is near Los Angeles City Hall, where another protest against the immigration raids is scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

US Northern Command confirmed National Guard troops had started deploying and that some were already on the ground.

Footage showed at least half a dozen military-style vehicles and riot shields on Sunday at the federal building where the Department of Homeland Security said about "1,000 rioters" had protested on Friday.

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