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SummaryMarines to protect ICE agents on raids Protests spread to New York, Atlanta, Chicago Texas to deploy National Guard ahead of more protests LOS ANGELES, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Los Angeles to help manage protests are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, a military official said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city soon. Protests over President Donald Trump's immigration raids have spread from California to other U.S. cities, with hundreds of nationwide demonstrations planned for Saturday. Trump's decision to dispatch troops to Los Angeles over the objections of...

Trump administration officials are laying the groundwork for a bold new strategy to sidestep local opposition to their immigration agenda, according to a Fox News contributor who said he’s impressed with their plans. Marc Thiessen, a previous speech writer to former President George W. Bush, told a Fox panel he was left amazed after learning that immigration officials, led by White House border czar Tom Homan and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, will soon begin employing a new classification of law-breaking behavior by illegal immigrants that sanctuary cities and states may find impossible to ignore. Until now, sanctuary locales...

Listen to the surprise in Luke Russert's voice as he reports that many African-American Republican candidates for congress are seeking support from the Tea Party. After all, says Luke, the Tea Party is a group that "a lot of folks have claimed to be racist against African-Americans." Russert expressed his amazement on MSNBC this morning, discussing a New York Times article that reports that at least 32 black Republicans are running for Congress.