Texas governor sending 5,000 National Guardsmen to protests
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Texas deploys National Guard troops as Austin police make eight arrests during anti-ICE riots where agitators defaced federal property, injured officers, and blocked roadways.
For them, picking up work at Home Depot is their only source of income, and some work as little as one day a week. While Valencia and other day laborers sought wages, other community members in Paramount and Compton,
With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
The troops are authorized to detain people who pose a threat to federal personnel or property, but only until police can arrest them.
Los Angeles endured a sixth day of protests that have been largely peaceful but occasionally punctuated by violence.
More than 200 people gathered at Victory Park in Stockton for a peaceful protest against ICE, held in solidarity with similar demonstrations across the country.
With protests in resistance to ICE raids pop up around Los Angeles, Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing back against media disinformation. The former governor of California recently commented on the ongoing demonstrations and media rhetoric that “the whole of Los Angeles is a war zone” as Donald Trump deploys troops around the city.