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Alex Padilla Condemns Trump's Actions Amid Los Angeles ICE Raids

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

Clearly not just targeting criminals, but so many others. ICE raids in workplaces in an attempt to manufacture a crisis. Colleagues. For the first time since 1965, the president Donald Trump federalized the National Guard without the governor's approval, without the request of the governor. in order to create chaos, in order to escalate tensions in the region and to create a pretext for more extreme actions in the future. So let's be clear. (01:51–02:16)

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