‘A very traumatising experience’: families of LA detainees demand their release

Protests in downtown LA turned violent after Ice detained at least 42 people on Friday in a series of raids in areas with prominent Latino populations. Four of those arrested are believed to have been deported to Mexico. Donald Trump deployed the national guard to the California city to crush the protests, which he called a ‘rebellion’. The state of California said it would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for ‘unlawfully’ federalising the national guard Los Angeles protests: a visual guide to what happened on the streets Trump LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn LA braces for fourth day of protests as Trump deploys 2,000 national guard