Washington — About 700 active-duty Marines have arrived in Los Angeles to join National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests over federal immigration enforcement, a defense official said Tuesday morning. The Marines join approximately 2,100 members of the California National Guard who are now on location in the greater L.A.
Washington — President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are visiting Fort Bragg, the nation’s largest military installation, on Tuesday, after sending the National Guard and U.S. Marines to respond to protests in Los Angeles. Members of the Marine Corps arrived in the greater Los Angeles area Tuesday, a defense official told CBS News, after the
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the administration’s mobilization of the National Guard and members of the Marine Corps to Los Angeles amid ongoing immigration protests. “We believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations and we have deployed National Guard and the Marines to protect them
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A top California union official was charged with interfering with law enforcement operations after he was arrested during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to court documents filed Monday. David Huerta, the president of the California division of the Service Employees International Union, is set to appear in court for an initial appearance on one
The military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent to Los Angeles, joining National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests, the U.S. Northern Command said in a statement. Members of the Marine Corps could start arriving in the Los Angeles area as soon as Tuesday, a