Trump Deploying 2,000 Troops To Los Angeles Over Immigration Protests
The protests began on Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers executed search warrants across the city.
According to the US Department of Homeland Security, around 1,000 protesters attacked ICE officers on Friday. United States Border Patrol chief Michael Banks wrote on X that several arrests had been made on Saturday for alleged assaults on federal agents.

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