"Padilla yelled "hands off" before being led away by police and forced to the ground."

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"The increased presence of ICE over the past week is creating a chilling effect for domestic violence service providers and the undocumented survivors they serve."

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"The extraordinary scene stunned his Democratic colleagues from Capitol Hill to California, though his actions drew criticism from Republicans, including the House speaker, Mike Johnson, who called for Padilla’s censure."

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"Democratic lawmakers have expressed outrage after United States Senator Alex Padilla of California was roughly removed from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) news conference, then forced to the ground and handcuffed."

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"The protests have been largely orderly but occasionally punctuated by violence, mostly contained to a few blocks."

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"Experts on domestic federal military involvement said Trump’s actions stretch the law."

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"A scene with seemingly little precedent in United States politics took place in Los Angeles Thursday: Federal agents pushed Sen. Alex Padilla to the ground and handcuffed him after he attempted to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during a press conference."

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"The stunning scene of a U.S. senator being aggressively removed from a Cabinet secretary’s news conference prompted immediate outrage from his Democratic colleagues in the chamber."

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"The Trump administration’s manhandling of Padilla comes amid a week of tension in Southern California that Donald Trump and his top officials have sought to escalate."

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"Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed by law enforcement officials after interrupting a news conference in Los Angeles led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem."

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"The incident has sparked outrage among Padilla's colleagues, who described it as a brutish overreaction to a senator who tried asking a question."

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"Republican governors are lobbing threats and prepping militaristic shows of force toward protesters ahead of the “No Kings” demonstrations planned for Saturday."

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"Demonstrations grew in response to the federal agents’ presence and actions, leading to clashes with police."

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"The conceit from the Trump administration seems to be that this isn’t just a bunch of anarchists organizing themselves or people handing out equipment, but rather nefarious and more established left-wing groups fomenting unrest and even paying people to engage in it."

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"This situation has generated concern among the undocumented population, most of whom are of Hispanic origin, which has intensified the use of social networks to alert people about the presence of immigration agents in different regions of the US."

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"Abbott’s announcement did not detail where the troops were sent, but some were seen at a protest Wednesday night in downtown San Antonio near the Alamo."

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"Los Angeles has become a military zone."

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"Trump’s mass deportation agenda isn’t doing American businesses any favors — as the president himself acknowledged in a rare concession."

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"Many of the demonstrations have been peaceful, but there also have been outbursts of violence."

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"The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles absent clear coordination presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city."

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"Chaos and confusion are just a piece of this overall plan."

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"Newsom condemned the federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “theater” and “madness” and even questioned the president’s mental fitness."

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"ICE raids anywhere are an affront to the fundamental human rights of migrants; ICE raids in LA are a declaration of war."

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"The emergency declaration that I signed yesterday does not have a time limit to it, and so the curfews will go on as long as they are needed."

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"Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, which began on June 6 in Los Angeles, have spread beyond the California city, across the United States."

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"California Gov. Newsom has depicted the federal military intervention in the nation’s second largest city as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy."

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"The request for the restraining order is part of a lawsuit filed by the state of California challenging Trump’s move to call up more than 4,000 national guard troops and about 700 active-duty marines based in Twentynine Palms California over Newsom’s objections."

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"Immigrants, including families with small children, have been held in a cramped office basement for days without enough food and water after being detained by authorities in raids in Los Angeles, lawyers have said."

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"The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for."

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"Instead of pushing for such legislation that would place responsibility on employers, Trump is making undocumented workers pay the price."

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"Los Angeles on Wednesday endured a sixth day of protests that have been largely peaceful but occasionally punctuated by violence, mostly contained to a few blocks of the city’s downtown area."

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"Truth Social overwhelmingly amplifies the president’s hardline message and remains a loudspeaker for propaganda, disinformation and xenophobic messages that are viewed and shared by millions of users."

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"Trump’s military posturing is another step in the autocrat’s playbook."

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"The deployment of National Guard troops to quell the protesters without a prior request from Governor Gavin Newsom, has had a ripple effect throughout the rest of the country."

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"California’s state and local leaders have vocally opposed Trump’s decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests that began this past weekend, emphasizing that they’re not needed and will only sow chaos."

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"The deployment of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles has sparked a national debate about the use of the military on U.S. soil and has led to protests across major cities."

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"Democrats face an extraordinarily complex political situation without a leader recognized by most of the country."

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"The National Guard’s deployment came in response to protests against United States President Donald Trump’s push for mass deportation, which recently targeted hardware stores and other businesses in southern California, prompting outrage."

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"The raids have sparked ongoing protests in Los Angeles and led to demonstrations in other cities across the country."

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"Protests against immigration raids have erupted across multiple cities, with demonstrators expressing anger and frustration over the ongoing actions."

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"The vast majority of Republicans here on Capitol Hill that we spoke to today support the president."

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"Every time you do something like this, you provoke the population even further."

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"The violence and attacks we’re seeing are almost entirely initiated by the cops, and yet are being falsely framed as protesters “rioting” despite the lack of evidence to support it."

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"The harrowing details are the first to emerge about the conditions that people are being held in following the immigration raids targeting LA-area businesses and neighborhoods."

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"These initial raids in LA were primarily centered around targeting workers at their place of work."

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"Noem’s letter speaks to a growing thirst within the Trump administration to blur the line between the U.S. military and local law enforcement in ways that are alarming and potentially threaten civil liberties."

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"In its court filing opposing California’s request for a temporary restraining order against the military deployment in Los Angeles, the government left the second page’s table of contents blank, and the third page’s table of authorities only says “[INSERT],” seemingly an unresolved note to fill out the page with legal authorities that would normally signal what’s ahead."

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"The militarized response to protests in Los Angeles is a dangerous escalation that undermines civil rights and betrays the principles we swore to uphold."

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"Protests in solidarity with L.A. have been spreading to other locations since the weekend, but on Tuesday they intensified and grew in size."

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"Hegseth didn’t answer the senator’s question, but added that he was a part of the D.C. Army National Guard at that time and was initially ordered to guard President Joe Biden’s inauguration, but “because of the politicization of the Biden administration, my orders were revoked.”"

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"Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs."

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"The end goal is not peace. It’s subjugation and suppression of speech—turning America into the kind of place where questioning Dear Leader gets you a visit from the 82nd Airborne."

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"Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend."

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"The danger for Trump, as it often is, is that he goes too hard, too fast, without taking care in the way that US presidents and politicians should."

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"This is an extremely dangerous moment for our constitutional guardrails."

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"Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy."

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"Newsom is rising to the occasion, delivering the best opposition speech of Trump’s second term."

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"Because the way she’s living right now — with the constant fear of deportation — isn’t how she expected her life in America to be."

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"Democracy is under assault right before our eyes."

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"The curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble."