US president Donald Trump deployed 2,000 troops on June 7 to handle escalating protests against immigration enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s governor termed “purposefully inflammatory.” Federal agents clashed with angry crowds in a Los Angeles suburb as protests stretched into a second night on June 7, shooting flash-bang grenades and shutting part of a freeway amid raids on undocumented migrants, reports said. The standoff took place in Paramount, where demonstrators had gathered near a Home Depot that was being used as a staging area by federal immigration officials, the Fox 11 news outlet reported.00:00 Introduction00:19 Trump deploys 2,000 National Guardsmen to LA after violent immigration protest clashes1:09 California Governor Newsom slams raids as cruel6:15 ICE arrests 118 undocumented migrants in week-long operations n18oc_crux
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