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LAist on MSNNational Guard troops remain staged in Paramount, a city thrust into political conflict.Protests began that morning outside Paramount Business Center, an office park at the 6400 block of Alondra Boulevard, which houses a Department of Homeland Security office that served as a staging point for federal forces. Protesters kicked and threw objects at agents, while officers used flashbang grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets.
Troops are still staged in Paramount, a city that was suddenly thrust into a monumental political conflict when immigration agents amassed in a business park.
PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom after a second day of clashes between hundreds of protesters and federal immigration authorities in riot gear.