In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

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Comedian Jon Stewart accused President Trump of happily lighting the fuse on the fervent anti-ICE protests throughout Los Angeles — which he called “our most flammable city.”

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda.

The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.

A federal judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over California’s request to block the Trump Administration from using troops in Los Angeles to quell unrest sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids as part of the President’s mass deportation effort.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Trump claims the troops are quelling protests. But California officials fear their real mission is bigger: militarizing mass deportation.

Undocumented day laborers have been gathering at the fringes of America’s biggest home-improvement retailer for decades. Federal agents are turning up there, too.