Updated June 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM MST

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to break up immigration protests in Los Angeles is a dangerous abuse of power that puts Americans in danger, Hina Shamsi, the ACLU's National Security Project director, told NPR .

"It's really recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not be policing civilians," Shamsi said in an interview with Morning Edition after a weekend of clashes between protestors, LA police, federal agents and troops.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on social media Saturday it had arrested 118 immigrants during operations in Los Angeles last week. Demonstrators protested the raids and clashed with police in the city and surrounding areas, including Paramount and

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