Millions of people watched Gov. Gavin Newsom’s address denouncing President Trump and his military presence, and hundreds of thousands have followed him on TikTok and other social media platforms.
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Trump and his allies are trying to paint Los Angeles as an out-of-control war zone taken over by brown-skinned criminals. The immigrants who call downtown home don’t agree.
Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities were showing up at farm fields and packinghouses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum encouraged violent protests in Los Angeles. Sheinbaum called the accusation “absolutely false.”
Protests that emerged in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids are beginning to spread across the country, including Austin and Seattle.
California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump’s deployment of National Guard forces and Marines in L.A.