The Pentagon has deployed 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms, California, to Los Angeles to support federalized National Guard efforts. Despite the confirmation of this deployment, local commanders reportedly oppose it, questioning its justification. The situation raises legal concerns under the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts military involvement in domestic law enforcement, and suggests the deployment may be politically motivated rather than a response to any genuine emergency. Previous military involvement in LA occurred during crises, raising questions about this decision's appropriateness amid current local law enforcement capabilities.
The Marines are being deployed against a nonexistent emergency and a nonexistent insurrection and a nonexistent invasion as a political stunt to bolster Trump's anti-immigration agenda.
Local Marine commanders were pushing back and telling the Pentagon they didn't think the deployment into Los Angeles was justified.
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