Trump allowed to keep National Guard in Los Angeles
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President Donald Trump signed a memo late Saturday night federalizing 2,000 California National Guard troops to address what a White House official called the “lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in Los Angeles.
As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.
Having been deployed to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump in order to quell protests against ICE, U.S. Marines detained their first civilian on Friday: an Army veteran on his way to the Department of Veterans Affairs.