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Trump Sends Troops to Quell Immigration Protests as Newsom Files Lawsuit

California’s governor accuses the White House of authoritarian overreach during nationwide demonstrations over immigration policies

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Overview

  • President Trump has dispatched roughly 700 U.S. Marines and ordered an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles during anti-immigration protests to protect federal facilities.
  • In the Oval Office, Trump warned he would invoke the Insurrection Act if he judged civil unrest to be an insurrection and said he would deploy equal or greater force in other cities.
  • The administration plans to transfer about 9,000 migrants to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay beginning this week to ease overcrowded detention centers.
  • Governor Gavin Newsom has filed a second lawsuit seeking to block the federal troop deployments and pledged to add 800 state and local officers to manage the protests.
  • Demonstrations over Trump’s immigration policies have spread to San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Dallas, Louisville and New York, resulting in mass arrests and tense law enforcement responses.