President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered the U.S. Marines into Los Angeles to protect federal properties as protests against immigration enforcement entered the fourth day.
ABC News said U.S. officials confirmed that 700 California Marines “have been ordered to assist in Los Angeles and they’re expected to arrive over the next 24 hours.”
“The Marines are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, whom U.S. Northern Command had said Sunday were on a ‘prepared to deploy status’ if the Defense Department needed them,” the news outlet added.
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Northern Command said in a Sunday news release that the Marines would be deployed “should they be necessary to augment and support the DoD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts.”
Politico reported, “The Marines
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