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We are protesting because we are trying to keep families together.

We're fighting for our loved ones to make sure that people have the right to stay in this country.

And so we don't want that message to be lost by a handful of folks that go out there and do things that I certainly don't agree with.

Protests continue in L.A., and so does the military response.

But what is the Trump administration's immigration surge really about?

It's Tuesday, June 10th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston. I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, a scientist at the National Institutes of Health says government censorship is cutting off life-saving medical research.

Also, a project to protect farms from floodwater in Mississippi is moving ahead, but

environmental groups call the Yazoo pumps a false promise. They're masquerading as flood control,

to do people into believing that this is the panacea in an area that is going to flood regardless.

We continue our reporting along the Mississippi River coming up in about 15 minutes.

But first, President Trump has doubled the number of National Guard troops in Los Angeles

and sent 700 Marines to the city.

The U.S. military's Northern Command said the troops are there to protect

federal property during protests against immigration raids around the city. The L.A. Times reports

that a small number of businesses were broken into overnight, though protests were calmer than they

were over the weekend. But more raids and more protests could be coming soon

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