"Another 200 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division based out of Twentynine Palms in California have been added to the count - making 700 Marines that will join the roughly 2,000
California National Guard troops stationed in Los Angeles over the weekend, US Northern Command announced.
And in New York, police are making arrests outside Federal Plaza, as anti-ICE protesters clash with police.
It is unclear what the Marines will be tasked with once in LA - as they are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity such as making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act (after spending the last two days calling the protests "insurrectionists."
And in New York, police are making arrests outside Federal Plaza, as anti-ICE protesters clash with police.
It is unclear what the Marines will be tasked with once in LA - as they are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity such as making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act (after spending the last two days calling the protests "insurrectionists."
ZH
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