Newsom says state will sue after Trump administration prompts 700 Marines in Los Angeles space amid ICE protests
The army has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could possibly be despatched to Los Angeles, becoming a member of Nationwide Guard troops who have been despatched to town to answer protests, the U.S. Northern Command mentioned in an announcement.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended late Monday he might take authorized motion over the deliberate use of Marines, calling it unlawful.
In a put up on X, he wrote, “U.S. Marines serve a worthwhile objective for this nation — defending democracy. They don’t seem to be political pawns. The Secretary of Protection is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a speaking level at his parade this weekend. It is a blatant abuse of energy. We’ll sue to cease this. The Courts and Congress should act. Checks and balances are crumbling. This can be a crimson line — they usually’re crossing it. WAKE UP!”
Members of the Marine Corps might begin arriving within the Los Angeles space as quickly as Tuesday, a protection official instructed CBS Information. The Marines are primarily based in Twentynine Palms, a metropolis east of Los Angeles.
Northern Command mentioned the Marines will “seamlessly combine” with a whole bunch of members of the Nationwide Guard to guard “federal personnel and federal property.” They’ve been educated in “de-escalation, crowd management and standing guidelines for the usage of power,” the army added.
Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth mentioned Monday that round 700 Marines “are being deployed to Los Angeles to revive order.”
Northern Command mentioned the Marines who have been activated are from the 2nd Battalion, seventh Marine Regiment, an infantry unit primarily based in Twentynine Palms. Hegseth mentioned the Marines are being deployed from a unique base — Camp Pendleton, south of Los Angeles.
When requested earlier Monday about the potential for sending in Marines, President Trump mentioned, “We’ll see what occurs.”
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDowell mentioned in an announcement that the company has a long time of expertise managing large-scale public demonstration and may deal with the protests.
“The arrival of federal army forces in Los Angeles — absent clear coordination — presents a big logistical and operational problem for these of us charged with safeguarding this metropolis,” he mentioned in response to the attainable deployment of Marines, including that there must be open communication between all businesses to forestall confusion and keep away from escalation.
Newsom’s workplace mentioned on X earlier Monday that it doesn’t consider the Marines have been deployed but, writing: “From our understanding, that is shifting Marines from one base to a different base.”
Mr. Trump deployed Nationwide Guard troops to downtown Los Angeles over the weekend to answer tense protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. The Trump administration argues the deployment is critical to guard federal property and ICE brokers from violence. Mr. Trump has accused native leaders of not doing sufficient to cope with violent clashes on the protests.
Newsom opposed the deployment, and the state of California is suing the Trump administration over what it argues is an unlawful federalization of the Nationwide Guard. Some native officers have argued the deployment might worsen an already caustic state of affairs in downtown Los Angeles, and say state and native police businesses can deal with the protests themselves.
“We did not have an issue till Trump received concerned,” Newsom posted on X Monday.
