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Jun 8, 2025, 3:16 PM | Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 6:36 am

A car burns during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration ...

A car burns during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
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Tear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles when some demonstrators moved close to National Guard troops and police and shouted insults at them. President Donald Trump deployed the Guard after protests erupted when federal immigration authorities arrested dozens of people across the city.

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