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BREAKING: Special ICE units deployed as Philadelphia immigration protests intensify

Confrontations break out in Philadelphia, one of five cities to see 'special response teams'

On the heels of a controversial decision by President Donald J. Trump to deploy National Guard Troops and Marines into Los Angeles among its citywide protests, Philadelphia is seeing similar responses locally. Physical confrontations broke out Tuesday evening in Center City along Market Street, between 10th and 11th streets, reports stated.

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Philadelphia is now one of five cities in the country to see “special response teams” come in to carry out federal policies. For more on the Philadelphia incidents, visit Olivia Prusky’s report here.