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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Trump sends marines to LA as mayor says city being used as ‘experiment’

Anti-Ice protesters clash with police near the Federal Building and detention center in Los Angeles.
Anti-Ice protesters clash with police near the Federal Building and detention center in Los Angeles. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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About 700 US marines were en route to Los Angeles on Tuesday after Donald Trump mobilized them the day before in response to protests over immigration raids. The president also doubled the number of national guard members to 4,000, in an extraordinary mobilization of troops against US residents that California leaders have called “authoritarian”.

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