Marines arrive on seventh day of protests in Los Angeles, following Trump’s extraordinary decision to send National Guard troops
Federal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with large protests planned in California and across the country this weekend against the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration raids and a big military parade in Washington DC.
Around 200 US Marines arrived in LA on Friday morning. This followed Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to deploy National Guard troops to LA last weekend, over the objections of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. The marines were to take over protecting a federal building, US Army Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who commands the task force of marines and national guardsmen, said.
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