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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the L.A. Immigration Protests

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Law enforcement officers responding to people protesting against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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