700 Marines deployed to L.A. as immigration protests continue

The Pentagon has ordered a battalion of 700 Marines to Los Angeles amidst four days of escalating protests against President Trump's immigration policies. This intervention follows a deployment of over 300 National Guard members to the area, marking a significant military response over ongoing demonstrations, which have occasionally turned violent. Local leaders in California have strongly criticized this move, emphasizing the unprecedented nature of using military force against civilians. Notably, California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the action as un-American and a dangerous precedent.

This is unprecedented that the president is using the military against his own people in this way, said Los Angeles City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez, whose district adjacent to downtown encompasses a range of immigrant communities.

U.S. Marines have served honorably across multiple wars in defense of democracy. They are heroes... They shouldn’t be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American,

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