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- President Trump deployed hundreds of Marines and authorized 2,000 National Guard reservists to Los Angeles following unrest over ICE raids in June 2025.
- This deployment followed protests against immigration enforcement sweeps targeting undocumented migrants and a request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to involve the military.
- Protests persisted on Monday night with over 150 arrests, including children, while California leaders like Gov. Gavin Newsom and AG Rob Bonta condemned the federal actions as unlawful and excessive.
- Newsom announced another 2,000 National Guard troops were being deployed, and critics warned the federal mobilization—unprecedented since the 1960s—could escalate the constitutional conflict and risk civil liberties.
- The situation highlights a deep political clash over immigration and federal authority that may drive further tensions unless resolved, with some officials fearing it could become a national crisis.
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Donald Trump speaks and acts as an authoritarian leader, while rocking the constitutional conflict with California on his difficult measures against immigration, writes CNN in an analysis of recent developments in the conflict...
Trump Is Acting Like an Authoritarian
Stephen Collinson: "Donald Trump is talking and acting like an authoritarian as he escalates a constitutional clash with California over his migration crackdown.""Much now depends on whether he’s simply talking tough or if he’s ready to take an already-tense nation across a fateful line in h
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Donald Trump talks and acts like an authoritarian as he escalates a constitutional dispute with California over his immigration crackdown. Much now depends on whether he simply stands his ground or is willing to take an already tense nation across a critical line in his quest for authoritarian rule. In a stunning moment on Monday, the president of the United States—the country considered the world's foremost de…
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