'We're happy to have this fight': Trump administration leans into California protests [View all]
(NBC News) President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has met a groundswell of opposition in Los Angeles, the country’s second-largest city.
At least 56 people have been arrested so far in massive protests against the administration’s immigration raids in the city Friday. The demonstrations have spilled over onto one of the region’s largest freeways, and federal authorities are facing criticism after they arrested, and apparently injured, a prominent labor leader.
In response, the White House has threatened to arrest California’s governor and mobilized Marines to support National Guard troops in defending federal property — even though state officials say they don’t want the assistance and are now suing the administration.
For the White House, this scene — Trump battling a blue state over his signature issue — is a political win, officials said. It’s a nationally watched saga of the sort that has long defined his career: a made-for-TV moment.
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