Texas, National Guard and Protests against Donald Trump
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Akron's "No Kings" protest started early with dozens of people waving flags and signs and pumping their fists in the air.
President Donald Trump's deployment of L.A. will be “the first, perhaps, of many,” he told reporters this week.
Washington State leaders oppose President Trump's National Guard federalization, defend state autonomy and immigrants' rights, and support peaceful protests.
Protests over immigration raids have broken out in several other cities, including Chicago, New York, San Antonio and Spokane, Washington.
In 1970, four students were killed when National Guard troops opened fire on anti-war protestors at Kent State University.
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.”
Trump’s border czar says he’s sending National Guard to fight LA anti-ICE protests as clashes continue into second day - Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday,
Trump deployed National Guard troops in Los Angeles in response to violent demonstrations against immigration enforcement.