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The mood in Los Angeles was tense this afternoon, as the city braced for a fourth day of confrontations between law enforcement and demonstrators protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Law enforcement has been pushing back Los Angeles protestors with less lethal weapons. Now the National Guard is deployed and Marines are activated.

Tensions flared on Sunday as President Trump called in the National Guard to help quell protests against immigration raids in the city.