California Immigration Protests

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Crowds have largely dispersed in downtown Los Angeles, which the police department declared an "unlawful assembly area." About 300 National Guard troops are now on the ground, deployed by Donald Trump over the objections of California leaders. These protests are taking place amidst a series of immigration measures by the Trump White House. Immigration lawyer Sui Ching and NPR correspondent Jasmine Garsd discuss the implications of all these recent developments. Also on today's show: Sasha Joelle Achilli & Sara Obeidat, co-directors, “Syria’s Detainee Files”; Shane Goldmacher, National Political Correspondent, The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.5	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:42.3	What we're seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration. National Guard troops are on the ground for Los Angeles immigration protests.
0:47.3	As California leaders call the White House response inflammatory.
0:51.3	We bring you the latest developments and a deeper look at the context for the
0:56.3	unrest. Then, six months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, documentary filmmakers Sasha
1:05.9	Joelle Akili and Sara Obidat shed light on hidden atrocities in Syria's detainee files.
1:13.6	And...
1:14.6	There's a wide range of places where Trump is improving, and what he's doing is he's squeezing
1:18.6	the Democratic Party.
1:19.6	Kari Shrinivasa speaks with New York Times political writer Shane Goldmacher
1:24.6	about how Donald Trump has remade America's political landscape.
1:49.7	Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Bion Golodriga in New York, sitting in for Christiana Amunpur.
1:57.8	Law enforcement presence is scaling up in downtown Los Angeles after a series of protests against Donald Trump's immigration enforcement there.
2:03.0	At this time, crowds have mostly dispersed. The Los Angeles PD has declared the district an unlawful assembly area. At least 44 people were arrested Sunday. Police use
2:09.7	flashbang grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds. An Australian journalist was struck by a rubber
2:15.4	bullet while covering the protest.
2:23.3	About 300 National Guard troops are now on the ground deployed by Donald Trump over the objections of the California leaders.
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