Democrats take the side of migrants over Americans ‘every day of the week'
Sky News host James Morrow says the Democratic Party takes the side of migrants over American citizens 'every day of the week'.
US President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to restore order to the riots which have erupted in Los Angeles after ICE agents arrested over 40 people.
'It feels like we are about to see a replay of 2020's summer of love in the US, only with radicals targeting armed ICE agents instead of main street shopkeepers. I'm sure that's going to go really well for them,' Mr Morrow said.
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