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A second day of protests in the Los Angeles area over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the nearby city of Paramount where there is a large Latino population.
Confrontations broke out near where federal agents were staging at a Homeland Security Department office.
Daisy Romeli was among the protesters.
It's disappointing.
It's heartbreaking to know that our community is going through this but it's also Beautiful to see everybody come out.
Agents use tear gas, flashbangs and pepper balls as protesters hurled rocks.
President Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops and Defense Secretary Pete Hegses says active duty Marines are on high alert.
Governor Gavin Newsom says the deployment of Guard troops as purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
President Trump has released a new video encouraging people to attend a large military parade set to roll through the streets of Washington DC.
see next weekend.
The parade is supposed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
Army.
And as MPR's Cat Lawn Store reports,
it also happens to fall on the president's 79th birthday.
The parade is set for June 14th, which is flag day.