US defense secretary defends president’s decision to dispatch 2,700 military personnel due to Ice protests

Senior White House aide Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner, described the protests as a "violent insurrection."

White House says the US president is deploying 2,000 guardsmen as protests against immigration raids continue.

Order follows California governor’s threat to sue US President Donald Trump, while Asian-American groups gird for possible fallout.

The number of National Guard troops is expected to rise to 2,000 by Wednesday and until then, the Marines are expected to provide support.

Reports say battalion to be sent to LA ‘temporarily’ but Trump reportedly not set to invoke Insurrection Act

Update comes as California mounts lawsuit against Trump sending US National Guard to respond to immigration protests.

Marines deployed to Los Angeles to assist National Guard amid immigration protests, sparking legal battle with California.

The Pentagon mobilized 700 Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops even as the president said the situation was “under control.” Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the escalating…

LIVE UPDATES: Hundreds of Marines have been mobilized to Los Angeles after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to quell the immigration protests.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON: The US military will temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles until more National Guard troops can arrive, marking another escalation in…

Protests against immigration raids by the Trump administration spring up in at least nine other US cities.

Donald Trump has lauded his administration’s response to growing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. “Thank God, we sent out some wonderful National Guard. They really helped,” the…

Protests in Los Angeles over an immigration crackdown enter their fourth day as the governor, Gavin Newsom, condemns the president’s deployment of marines

As California files suit against deployment

Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

The money will come from operations and maintenance accounts, said Pete Hegseth's acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell.

President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a fierce national debate over state sovereignty and…

Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.

The acting Defense Department controller revealed the cost on Tuesday as 700 Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area. California officials say the military is not needed to handle…

El secretario de Defensa defiende en el Congreso una operación cuyo coste cifra en 134 millones de dólares e insiste en su derecho a actuar en cualquier parte de EE UU