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U.S. military is sending 700 Marines to support National Guard operations in Los Angeles amid immigration protests.
Dana Bash criticized Trump's National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and compared him to an arsonist while California officials blamed him for escalating tensions.
That means the guard has limited authorities that don’t include law enforcement, as CNN legal analyst Steve Vladeck noted. Even that more limited decision, though, has been criticized as overzealous and heavy-handed by some experts,
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KFI AM 640 on MSNBorder Czar Tom Homan Says National Guard Will Be Deployed to LA TonightAs a fresh standoff developed Saturday between protesters and armed federal authorities in Paramount, Trump administration officials were vowing to prosecute any demonstrators who broke the law during Friday's violent demonstrations that accompanied immigration raids in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, responded Monday to Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom's dare to "arrest" him over his response to the ongoing Los Angeles ICE protests. "Trump's border czar is threatening to arrest me for speaking out.