Trump officials have cast demonstrators waving the Mexican flag as insurrectionists, but for many protesters who are Mexican American, the flag represents pride in their heritage. Read full article

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.” Read full article

The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda. Read full article

It will be hard for Gov. Gavin Newsom to maintain his political balancing act after President Trump defied his wishes and sent troops to Los Angeles. Read full article

David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union of California, was arrested while protesting immigration raids on work sites in Los Angeles. Read full article

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.” Read full article

Before Saturday, the last time a president made use of Guard troops to deal with civil unrest without being asked to do so by the state’s governor was in 1965. Read full article

The skirmishes with immigration agents of the past few days are dwarfed by the widespread rioting, vandalism and violence that engulfed whole neighborhoods in 1992. Read full article

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