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Across America, protests against Donald Trump’s immigration raids are popping up, a week since the unrest in Los Angeles began.
Protesters are incensed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to enter workplaces to round up undocumented immigrants.
But it’s Donald Trump’s decision to send California National Guard troops and Marines to LA to protect federal agents and property that’s really causing a stir.
Today, Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, on why it’s an authoritarian move Trump has long wanted to take and the risks of normalising troops on the streets.
Featured:
Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at the George Mason University in Virginia and the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute
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Across America, protests against Donald Trump’s immigration raids are popping up, a week since the unrest in Los Angeles began.
Protesters are incensed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to enter workplaces to round up undocumented immigrants.
But it’s Donald Trump’s decision to send California National Guard troops and Marines to LA to protect federal agents and property that’s really causing a stir.
Today, Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, on why it’s an authoritarian move Trump has long wanted to take and the risks of normalising troops on the streets.
Featured:
Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at the George Mason University in Virginia and the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute

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