Los Angeles4:15 a.m. June 10
President Trump ordered the Marines to Los Angeles as the police broke up demonstrations against his immigration crackdown. California’s governor called sending in the Marines “a blatant abuse of power.”
Jesus JiménezOrlando MayorquínMimi DwyerFrancesca Regalado and John Yoon
Hundreds of Marines were expected to take up positions in Los Angeles on Tuesday, joining National Guard troops there and sharpening an extraordinary confrontation between the White House and California leaders over the response to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The 700 Marines were being sent to protect federal law enforcement officers and property in greater Los Angeles, the U.S. military’s Northern Command said in a statement. Some of the protests in Los Angeles over the last four days, including a rally on Monday afternoon, centered on a group of federal buildings downtown.
