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A day of arrest by federal immigration agents in Los Angeles led to clashes with police last night.
Police used tear gas and flashbangs after some demonstrators hurled chunks of broken concrete.
There have been similar confrontations in San Diego, Chicago, and Minneapolis.
MPR has obtained a memo that offers details on what thousands of National Guard troops would be expected to do in support of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
The memo says up to 3,500 would assist ICE agents in tracking down migrants others to perform guard duty as MPR's Tom Bowman reports.
The memo from Homeland Security to the Pentagon dated May 9th has another category called detention support.
saying they need up to 2,500 guardsmen to work perimeter security guard duty at contracted in federal detention facilities.
It also says these troops will provide emergency response inside these detention facilities,
providing both riot control and search teams.
Pentagon has not yet approved the request.
Five leaders of the far right proud boys extremist group convicted of felony offenses in connection with the January 6 attack on the US Capitol are suing the Justice Department.
The men have already been granted clemency by President Trump.
They now claim they were victims of a corrupt and politically motivated prosecution.
Here's Imperial Ryan Lucas.
In the lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Florida,