Mayor says Los Angeles being used as a ‘test case’ by federal government – as it happened

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About 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far.

President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California governor Gavin Newsom.

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