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Protesters march in downtown LA against Dakota Access Pipeline
Demonstrators march to the Federal Building in protest against President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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Native Americans lead demonstrators as they march to the Federal Building in protest against President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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Demonstrators march to the Federal Building in protest against US President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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Demonstrators march to the Federal Building in protest against President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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"Jack" joins demonstrators marching to the Los Angeles Federal Building in protest against the executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines on February 5, 2017.
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Demonstrators march to the Federal Building in protest against US President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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Kristen Dorsey joins demonstrators marching to the Los Angeles Federal Building in protest against the executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines on February 5, 2017.
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Demonstrators march to the Federal Building in protest against US President Donald Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 2017.
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MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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Demonstrators hold signs after marching to the Federal Building in protest against the executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, in Los Angeles, on February 5, 2017.
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Demonstrators march to the Los Angeles Federal Building in protest against the executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines on February 5, 2017.
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Hundreds marched in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest of President Donald Trump's decision to move forward with the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The 1,200-mile pipeline would transport North Dakota oil to Illinois.
Labor for Standing Rock, an organization that includes some union workers who formerly worked on the pipeline, is participating in the march.
Karen Pomer, one of the group's organizers, said they want indigenous people to know that not all workers are in favor of the project.
"And we stand with them in saying, 'Leave it in the ground,' that pipelines mean leaks, and water is life," Pomer told KPCC.
Work is currently stalled due to a dispute over whether the company Energy Transfer Partners has permission to lay pipe under a reservoir in North Dakota that is the source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
The march began at Pershing Square before the demonstrators headed to the Roybal Federal building.
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