How communities in LA are responding to troop deployments as protests continue

How communities in LA are responding to troop deployments as protests continue

NPR speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about how the community is feeling as President Trump sends in more troops to respond to protests in the region.

Slant — Is it summer yet?

• Is Donald Trump going to send in the troops to every city that protests ICE raids? Because Eugene-Springfield isn’t going to take it lying down. WTF sending troops into ICE protests when he didn’t lift a finger during the Jan. 6 insurrection? We’re watching the events in Los Angeles with anger and skepticism. • According to Oregon Worker Relief, “Immigration officials are blocking attorneys from accessing clients at the Eugene ICE office, and …

Here’s All Of The US Cities Protesting ICE Raids As Trump’s Troop Deployment Continues

Source: Jay L Clendenin / Getty Welp, here we go! President Donald Trump responded to anti-ICE protests by deploying hundreds of Marines and thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles against the wishes of LA Mayor Karen Bass, California Governor Gavin Newsom and the Los Angeles Police Department to send the message that violent protests (or, if we’re being honest about it, anti-Trump protests in whether they’re violent of not) will not b…