The United States military is set to dispatch approximately 700 Marines to Los Angeles. This move, reportedly temporary, is aimed at reinforcing National Guard units already stationed in the city as protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies roar into a fourth turbulent day.
Officials from the Pentagon have so far refrained from invoking the Insurrection Act—a legal threshold that would permit direct military engagement in civilian law enforcement—insisting that such a decision remains off the table for now. A senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, remarked that although a battalion was indeed being mobilised, the use of the Insurrection Act was not currently anticipated, while warning that the “situation is fluid and could change.”
California is already witnessing one of the most significant domestic military deployments in recent memory. Around 300 National Guard troops were first deployed on Sunday, as protests intensified in both scale and fervour. The federal government’s order to deploy these forces ignited immediate backlash from state leadership, with California Governor Gavin Newsom asserting that only a fraction—just 300 troops—had actually been activated.
He claimed the remaining personnel were languishing without orders in federal buildings. In a scathing critique on social media, Newsom alleged that the first wave of 2,000 troops was sent into the field without food or water, and dismissed the deployment as a performative gesture intended to flatter what he described as a “dangerous President’s ego,” calling the action reckless, pointless, and disrespectful to military personnel.
Despite the Governor’s condemnation, President Trump stood firm. He reportedly insisted on Monday that the city would have faced total destruction if the National Guard had not been deployed. His administration has ordered an additional 2,000 Guard troops to Los Angeles, raising the total force under federal command to more than 4,100 by mid-week.
According to reports, the Pentagon said that this surge is intended to address what officials portray as a growing security crisis triggered by the immigration protests.
According to latest reports, the California Attorney General, Rob Bonta has announced that the state had filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. He accused the federal government of unlawfully mobilising California’s National Guard and characterised the deployment as a brazen abuse of power that tramples on state sovereignty. Bonta stated that California would not stand idly by while the president misuses his authority.
On the ground in Los Angeles, the military buildup has done little to calm tensions. Protesters, incensed by sweeping immigration crackdowns—including mass workplace raids and expedited deportation orders—have flooded the streets in increasing numbers. The presence of uniformed forces has only heightened anxieties, with residents voicing deep concern over what many describe as an excessive and militarised crackdown on legitimate dissent.
As the standoff between federal authority and state leadership sharpens, the streets of Los Angeles have become the stage for a profound struggle—one not just over immigration, but over the limits of presidential power in the face of public protest.
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