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Washington Post
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
L.A. clash over ICE raids fuels viral battle online — and vice versa
As protesters and police officers clashed in the streets of Los Angeles, a parallel conflict has raged on social media, as immigration advocates and President Donald Trump's allies raced to shape public opinion on the impacts of mass deportations on American life. The sprawling protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were captured from all angles by cellphones and body cameras and streamed in real time, giving a visceral immediacy to a conflict that led to more than 50 arrests and orders from the Trump administration to deploy the National Guard.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Tampa follows Los Angeles with immigration protests outside of city hall
The Brief Hundreds gathered in Tampa on Monday to protest mass deportations, standing in solidarity with Los Angeles demonstrators. Heated moments unfolded between anti-ICE protesters and counter-demonstrators, prompting police intervention — but no violence was reported. Florida conducted the largest immigration enforcement operation in state history this year. TAMPA, Fla. - Protesters on both sides of the immigration debate rallied outside Tampa City Hall Monday afternoon, as part of a national response to mass deportations and recent ICE raids. What we know The gathering remained largely peaceful, though shouting matches erupted, and Tampa police had to step in to separate groups. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube The demonstration was inspired by weekend protests in Los Angeles and mirrored growing unrest surrounding immigration policies and enforcement under the Trump administration. What they're saying "It scares me that people are being rounded up on the streets. I know it starts with immigrants, but doesn't stop there," said Karen Chamberlain, a protester. "If you really sit down and talk with people, then you can find out that you guys actually agree and disagree on a lot of the same things," said one protester who spoke with a counter-demonstrator to ease tensions. "But it's so much bigger than Tampa. Everybody across the U.S. – people who have lived here their entire lives, we are here to show them that we believe in you and wouldn't be the United States without you." "I'm an immigrant from Mexico. I got here legally, and I support legal immigration. If you want to come to this country, and you come the right way, I will welcome you with open arms. But, we the people voted for Donald Trump to mass deport anyone who crossed our border illegally," said Adam Francisco, a counter-protester. The Source On-the-ground reporting by FOX13's Evyn Moon, interviews with demonstrators and counter-demonstrators. WATCH FOX 13 NEWS: STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app:Apple |Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter
New York Times
14 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
Since Donald Trump was elected again, I've feared one scenario above all others: that he'd call out the military against people protesting his mass deportations, putting America on the road to martial law. Even in my more outlandish imaginings, however, I thought that he'd need more of a pretext to put troops on the streets of an American city — against the wishes of its mayor and governor — than the relatively small protests that broke out in Los Angeles last week. In a post-reality environment, it turns out, the president didn't need to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian crackdown. Instead, he can simply invent one. It's true that some of those protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles have been violent; on Sunday one man was arrested for allegedly tossing a Molotov cocktail at a police officer, and another was accused of driving a motorcycle into a line of cops. Such violence should be condemned both because it's immoral and because it's wildly counterproductive; each burning Waymo or smashed storefront is an in-kind gift to the administration. But the idea that Trump needed to put soldiers on the streets of the city because riots were spinning out of control is pure fantasy. 'Today, demonstrations across the city of Los Angeles remained peaceful, and we commend all those who exercised their First Amendment rights responsibly,' said a statement issued by the Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday evening. That was the same day Trump overrode Gov. Gavin Newsom and federalized California's National Guard, under a rarely used law meant to deal with 'rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the government of the United States.' Then, on Monday, with thousands of National Guard troops already deployed to the city, the administration said it was also sending 700 Marines. The Los Angeles police don't seem to want the Marines there; in a statement, the police chief, Jim McDonnell, said, 'The arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles — absent clear coordination — presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city.' But for Trump, safeguarding the city was never the point. It's important to understand that for this administration, protests needn't be violent to be considered an illegitimate uprising. The presidential memorandum calling out the National Guard refers to both violent acts and any protests that 'inhibit' law enforcement. That definition would seem to include peaceful demonstrations around the site of ICE raids. In May, for example, armed federal agents stormed two popular Italian restaurants in San Diego looking for undocumented workers; they handcuffed staff members and took four people into custody. As they did so, an outraged crowd gathered outside, chanting 'shame' and for a time blocking the agents from leaving. Under Trump's order, the military could target these people as insurrectionists. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump deploys the national guard in LA – Today in Focus Extra
When Donald Trump came to power it was on the promise he would enact mass deportations. His hard line on immigration was seen in raids, and rumours of raids, in LA last week. In response protesters took to the streets. Then on Sunday, the president took the almost unprecedented decision to deploy the national guard against the largely peaceful demonstrators. The decision has sent shock waves through the political establishment. The Guardian's US live news editor, Chris Michael, tells Lucy Hough how Bernie Sanders said it was authoritarianism in action, while the California governor, Gavin Newsom, has reacted furiously. Why did Trump take such drastic action and what could happen next?
Associated Press
30-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Trump administration increases pressure on ‘sanctuary jurisdictions' with public listing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 'sanctuary jurisdictions' across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president's mass deportations agenda. The department on Thursday published a list of the jurisdictions and said each one will receive formal notification that the government has deemed them noncompliant and if they're believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes. The list was published on the department's website. 'These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens,' DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a press release. The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted communities, states and jurisdictions that it says aren't doing enough to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it seeks to make good on President Donald Trump's campaign promises to remove millions of people in the country illegally. The list was compiled using a number of factors, including whether the cities or localities identified themselves as sanctuary jurisdictions, how much they complied already with federal officials enforcing immigration laws, if they had restrictions on sharing information with immigration enforcement or had any legal protections for people in the country illegally, according to the department. Trump signed an executive order on April 28 requiring the secretary of Homeland Security and the attorney general to publish a list of states and local jurisdictions that they considered to be obstructing federal immigration laws. The list is to be regularly updated. Federal departments and agencies, working with the Office of Management and Budget, would then be tasked with identifying federal grants or contracts with those states or local jurisdictions that the federal government identified as 'sanctuary jurisdictions' and suspending or terminating the money, according to the executive order. If 'sanctuary jurisdictions' are notified and the Trump administration determines that they 'remain in defiance,' the attorney general and the secretary of Homeland Security are then empowered to pursue whatever 'legal remedies and enforcement measures' they consider necessary to make them comply. There's no specific or legal definition of what constitutes a 'sanctuary jurisdiction.' The term is often used to refer to law enforcement agencies, states or communities that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement. Some cities pushed back after finding themselves on the list. Baltimore's Mayor Brandon Scott said on X that Baltimore is 'not a sanctuary city,' noting that Baltimore does not control the city's jails. Jails are a key area where ICE cooperates with local law enforcement authorities so it can be notified when immigrants are going to be released. But Scott also said the city made no apologies for being a 'welcoming city' and said it was preparing for litigation if needed to protect the city's immigrant community and the money it gets from the federal government. 'We are better because of our immigrant neighbors, and are not about to sell them out to this administration,' Scott said. In a statement on X, the Las Vegas government said they weren't sure why DHS included it on the list and that they hoped to 'clear up this misunderstanding.' The city said that law enforcement and jail facilities there comply with federal law. ICE enforces immigration laws nationwide, but often seeks state and local help in alerting federal authorities of immigrants wanted for deportation and holding that person until federal officers take custody. One way that the administration seeks to enlist state and local support is through 287(g) agreements with local law enforcement agencies. Those agreements allow local law enforcement agencies to assume some immigration enforcement duties and greatly expand ICE's capabilities. The number of those agreements has skyrocketed in just a matter of months under the Trump administration. ICE has about 6,000 law enforcement officers — a number that has remained largely static for years — who are able to find, arrest and remove immigrants it is targeting. By relying on local law enforcement, it can quickly scale up the number of staff available to help carry out Trump's mass deportations agenda. Communities that don't cooperate with ICE often say they do so because immigrants then feel safer coming forward if they're a witness to or victim of a crime. And they argue that immigration enforcement is a federal task, and they need to focus their limited dollars on fighting crime. 'Sanctuary policies are legal and make us all safer,' said a coalition of local officials from across the country and a nonprofit called Public Rights Project in a statement Thursday. They said the list was a fear tactic designed to bully local governments into cooperating with ICE. The Trump administration has already taken a number of steps targeting states and communities that don't cooperate with ICE — and has met with pushback in the courts. One executive order issued by Trump directs the Attorney General and Homeland Security Secretary to withhold federal money from sanctuary jurisdictions. Another directs federal agencies to ensure that payments to state and local governments do not 'abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation.' ___
