Overview

• About 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division have been deployed to Los Angeles to support Task Force 51 in protecting federal personnel and property.
• Pentagon guidelines bar Marines from using warning shots, require deescalation and authorize force only in self-defense or to safeguard federal sites.
• The Marines are barred from making arrests unless President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act to authorize domestic law enforcement duties.
• Governor Gavin Newsom has filed a lawsuit alleging federal overreach by deploying troops without state consent.
• Protests against ICE immigration raids have persisted throughout the city, with demonstrators facing off against federal forces over the last four days.