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15 Jun 2025

Mitch McCann: A week in the US

From Sunday Morning, 8:14 am on 15 June 2025

We get the latest from the US from our correspondent Mitch McCann   

A protester stands holding a U.S. flag while facing a line of law enforcement officers during demonstrations in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. Following a series of aggressive federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, tensions escalated when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a high-profile raid on a Home Depot location. The raid sparked widespread protests across the city, where demonstrators decried the targeting of immigrant communities and the separation of families. Clashes soon broke out between protesters and federal agents, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to the city, a move harshly criticized by California officials, including the governor, as "purposefully inflammatory." (Photo by David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP)

Photo: DAVID PASHAEE

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