Trump, National Guard and protests
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Military-style vehicles and National Guards troops have blocked a portion of 4th Street in front of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse.
Tensions are escalating for a fifth day in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, will decide whether Trump had the legal authority to federalize 4,000 California National Guard troops.
California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard forces and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles.
Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.
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California's attorney general is suing the Trump administration, calling the president's national guard order "unlawful," as Los Angeles closes out a fourth day of protests. Luke Broadwater, Susan Glasser,
Massachusetts senator tells Boston business leaders the deployment aims to "create a chill" in immigrant communities while attention shifts from healthcare cuts.
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