Has Trump overblown the threat of protests? Residents, local officials say yes. [View all]

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Has Trump overblown the threat of protests? Residents, local officials say yes. (USA Today)

LOS ANGELES ‒ President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of troops to the nation's second-largest city has unleashed indignation and anger among residents and local officials who say the threat of immigration protests has been dramatically overblown by the White House.

"The implication is that Donald Trump is waging a war on us personally," said protester Charlie Knowlton, 30.

Immigration agents carrying out Trump's goal of deporting 1 million undocumented immigrants annually sparked a series of sometimes-violent protests in the greater Los Angeles area. A small mob set multiple vehicles and a palm tree on fire, threw rocks and fireworks at police in downtown Los Angeles on June 7 and June 8 as thousands of non-violent protesters watched and occasionally cheered.

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