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Authorities swept in with flash-bangs and tear gas grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles.
More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with
Trump's administration deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles and the surrounding area on Monday in response to the city's massive riots.
A US Marine battalion is being sent to Los Angeles to help maintain order as anti-ICE riots continued to rage across Southern California.
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President Donald Trump has reportedly mobilized the U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in response to the ongoing ICE protests that began on Friday, June 6.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton were ready to deploy if necessary.
The 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles by President Donald Trump have not yet hit the streets and are instead on standby and carrying out nonlethal training.
The Marines began nonlethal training while preparing to deploy to Los Angeles to supplement National Guardsmen there.