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U.S. Marines to be dispatched in Los Angeles to manage anti-ICE protests escalations

Federal troops, specifically Marines, are deploying to Los Angeles to safeguard government assets amidst escalating anti-immigration protests. The deployment comes as President Trump's decision to activate the National Guard in California faces a court challenge.

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Federal forces, specifically U.S. Marines, are mobilizing towards Los Angeles in response to...
Federal forces, specifically U.S. Marines, are mobilizing towards Los Angeles in response to violent anti-immigration protests. The deployment aims to secure federal properties, but President Trump's decision to summon the National Guard is now facing a legal battle in California.

U.S. Marines to be dispatched in Los Angeles to manage anti-ICE protests escalations

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Reports reveal that an entire battalion of 500 U.S. Marines are preparing to crowd into Los Angeles due to anti-immigration crackdown uprisings. Attendants will protect federal assets and officials, according to a senior defense official, and this deployment seems to be boundless.

These Marines will not be assigned law enforcement duties, but it remains obscure what their authorized escalation tactics might be if protesters hurl projectiles or spat on them.

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A demonstrator deposits debris into a pyre as Border Patrol staff in riot gear and gas masks guard outside an industry park in Paramount, Calif., on June 7, 2025 (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

The latest deployment emerges after President Donald Trump dispatched approximately 2,000 National Guardsmen to the tumultuous city during the weekend.

The Marines hail from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines stationed at Twentynine Palms, California.

Moments before the deployment, Trump expressed hope that the situation in Los Angeles is improving.

"I reckon we have a pretty solid grip on things," he expressed to reporters. "I believe it was heading the wrong way. It's now going the right way."

The Marine mobilization is guaranteed to draw criticism from liberal critics: Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday for deploying the Guard.

Newsom's office downplayed the troop movement, declaring it "just moving Marines from one base to another base." The level of escalation remains undesirable, alarming, and unfamiliar, according to Newsom's representatives.

Newsom and the California attorney general accused Trump and Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth of usurping California's sovereignty by mobilizing the state's National Guard without Newsom's authorization.

Meanwhile, Trump defended the move on Monday, stating that if protesters spit on guardsmen in Los Angeles, they will "face the roughest treatment they've ever known!"

U.S. National Guard units patrol downtown Los Angeles, June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest the previous night (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

A pro-immigrant protester holds a hollow Trump effigy during a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City in support of the L.A. protests, June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

"IF THEY SPIT, WE'LL STRIKE," Trump declared. "Such disrespect won't be tolerated!"

Federal law usually bars the U.S. military from executing domestic law enforcement responsibilities unless the president invokes the Insurrection Act.

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Newsom claimed Trump is endeavoring to "fabricate a crisis" and that the president is "eager for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control."

The protests commenced as a response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the City of Angels, as the Trump administration seeks to implement its promise of mass deportations. Throughout the weekend, protests spiraled into violence, leaving vehicles scorched and windows shattered at the LAPD headquarters.

  1. The deployment of 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles, following an immigration raid protest, has sparked a legal dispute, with Governor Gavin Newsom filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration for not obtaining his authorization.
  2. As the situation in Los Angeles continues to unfurl, President Donald Trump has approved the mobilization of Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines stationed at Twentynine Palms, California, into the city. This decision is likely to face criticism from liberal critics.
  3. Despite the deployment of National Guard troops and potential escalation with the Marines, the ongoing war-and-conflicts and politics surrounding immigration and crime-and-justice issues in Los Angeles are dominating the general news cycle, overshadowing sports and other sections of the media.

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