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Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
The Pentagon’s deployment of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles to help the National Guard respond to immigration protests follows weeks of rapid developments in President Donald Trump’s signature domestic priority for mass deportations.
More than 60 people gathered in Corpus Christi on June 10 in solidarity with nationwide protests opposing immigration detentions.
From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against ICE and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.
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.”
The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are calling for quick passage of the centerpiece of President Trump's legislative agenda.
This year’s BET Awards are scheduled to go on Monday night even as protests against immigration raids continue in Los Angeles, California.