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On April 19, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration, halting the deportation of Venezuelan migrants.

Lawler's icy reception comes as Republicans around the country are returning to districts where their politics — cutting Medicaid, praising Trump and supporting mass deportation — are becoming increasingly toxic.

As Trump has ramped up his program of deportations, taken an axe to due process and continually inveighed against his political enemies, the directive to root around for loopholes is cause for concern.

The Drug Enforcement Administration wrote in a post on X that 114 immigrants were arrested and placed "on buses for processing and likely eventual deportation".

The law would not prevent federal agents from carrying out mass deportations across Los Angeles, but was intended as a sign that City Hall backs the sprawling region’s immigrants.