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Trump Orders Additional National Guard and Marine Forces to Los Angeles

The move to quell protests over escalated ICE raids has drawn legal challenges from California authorities.

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Overview

  • Trump has deployed a second wave of 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles in response to ongoing demonstrations against heightened ICE operations.
  • Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit accusing the federal government of unlawfully seizing control of the state’s National Guard.
  • The Pentagon estimates that the combined deployments of Guard and Marines in Los Angeles will cost about $134 million.
  • Protests triggered by ICE raids and migrant arrests have continued around federal facilities, leading to a temporary assembly ban in downtown Los Angeles.
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged Mexican nationals in the US to protest peacefully and condemned US migration tactics as human rights violations.