The Brief
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- Protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies took over LA for the fifth day on Thursday.
- Students were seen holding signs and flags outside the city of LA’s finance building in Van Nuys.
- Several hundred people rallied near City Hall on Wednesday, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to issue a traffic advisory
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LOS ANGELES – Protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown continued for a fifth day in Los Angeles.
- SkyFOX was over a large group of students protesting outside the Marvin Braude San Fernando Valley Constituent Service Center on Thursday morning. Many were holding up signs and flags. At least one patrol vehicle was seen monitoring the protest.
- Around 200 students were also seen with signs and flags in East Los Angeles, marching and blocking northbound traffic lanes. Police were also present there.
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By Thursday afternoon, protesters were seen blocking the sidewalk in front of the Wilshire Federal Building.
On Wednesday, several hundred people rallied near City Hall, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to issue a traffic advisory for the area of Spring Street, First Street and Broadway.
Police reported that the demonstration was peaceful, although students were marching in traffic lanes. One person was arrested for felony vandalism against several buildings and a Waymo vehicle while participating in the demonstration, police said.
Garfield students on Tuesday covered the walls of their campus with chalk messages such as “Immigrants make America great again,” “Mexicans make the world go round,” “I’m doing this for my father” and “Brown n proud.”
- Since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump has acted on his campaign promise to increase deportations, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducting raids in major cities. Immigration was a major focal point of his campaign, with Trump vowing to conduct mass deportations, expelling people in the country illegally — particularly those charged or convicted of crimes. He vowed to deploy the military as part of that effort.
- In an interview last month, Trump called illegal immigration “an invasion of our country,” and vowed to carry out his deportation plans regardless of cost.
