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Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
Despite the curfew, people are still coming to downtown LA to participate in immigration protests. Local residents are living with around-the-clock law enforcement and experiencing vandalism.
Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba.
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, faces federal charges for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” on June 11.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.
Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.
The ‘quiet zone,’ a 1-square-mile section of downtown, seemed to be yielding positive results, with less chaos and property damage overnight Wednesday.
Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.