Cops use tear gas to disperse anti-Trump crowd in Los Angeles - Day of action comes after week-long protests in Los Angeles against Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and ICE raids on immigrants

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Marines deployed to Los Angeles detained a civilian on Friday, the first known incident by active-duty troops since being sent to California by President Donald Trump. According to Reuters, which captured the scene,

President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg as he defended deploying the military on those protesting his immigration enforcement.

Trump ordered California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to violent demonstrations against immigration enforcement.

ToplineAn appellate court on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles back to the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom,