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President Donald Trump is thanking an appeals court for freezing an order that he return control of National Guard troops to California.
Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
6:30 p.m.: More than 100 people gathered at the immigration services building and detention center in downtown Los Angeles to protest the raids. DHS officers fired pepper balls at the protesters before the Los Angeles Police Department dispersed the crowd.
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, faces federal charges for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” on June 11.
President Donald Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta are suing the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.
Snopes has fact-checked many claims that have spread related to the protests, such as whether videos show a man committing several acts of violence, whether the California Democratic Party bought pallets of bricks for LA protesters ( originated as satire ), and whether a Craigslist ad proved the protests were orchestrated.
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FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSNLos Angeles immigration raids protests: 8 charged in LA countyLA County DA Nathan Hochman said that the vast majority of protesters over the last few days have been peaceful.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
Tensions escalated after President Donald Trump called up the National Guard over the objections of state and city leaders.
Hong says protests in LA can change very quickly — one moment peaceful, the next chaotic. But he always tries to stay safe while telling the story through his images.