Notes

The clashes in and beyond Los Angeles. Protesters and police clashed in Los Angeles and other American cities this week over raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking undocumented immigrants. Authorities reported more than 1,200 arrests of demonstrators in at least 12 cities this week, with about 630 of them in Los Angeles—most are charged with failure to disperse and curfew violation, although a few have been charged with violence against police or property.

The protests have grown as ICE has increased the number and intensity of its raids; people in California reported seeing ICE agents chasing farmworkers through blueberry fields.

After protests turned violent in Los Angeles last weekend, President Donald Trump called in California National Guard troops; California’s Governor Gavin Newsom sued the federal government for the mobilization, saying the White House had illegally seized authority over the state forces. Senior District Judge Charles Breyer ruled in favor of Newsom on Thursday, barring Trump from taking over the Guard; but an appeals court stayed his ruling until the sides argue the case in court next Tuesday—giving Trump control over the forces until then.

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