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On Tuesday, the Trump administration detailed the role National Guard members are playing to provide cover for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they target illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.
Troops are “protecting” ICE “in the execution of their duties,” top government officials said. Marines are expected to provide similar security.in the days since, with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announcing a local emergency Tuesday night and instituting a curfew after 23 businesses were vandalized the previous evening. President Donald Trump has activated 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to secure the area over the protests of Democrats, including Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom , who have characterized the federalization of the situation as authoritarian and inflammatory.to troops at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg on Tuesday, Trump defended the move, saying the military is “protect federal law enforcement” carrying out his mass deportation order “from the attacks of a vicious and violent mob.” “I want to applaud the courage and the strength of the incredible troops who are right now standing guard to protect federal property and personnel, and uphold the supremacy of federal law,” the president said. “That’s what they’re doing. They’re protecting our ICE agents, they’re protecting the police in Los Angeles.” “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 in the execution of their duties,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a congressional hearing. Tuesday that the primary purpose of Marines being deployed to Los Angeles is to protect government property and federal personnel, which includes ICE. Smith said the battalion is operating in a support capacity and has not yet been sent to any protests, noting that troops have been trained in crowd control. Hegseth testified Tuesday that all the troops had “been fully trained in their capabilities of what they’re executing on the ground.” However, other government officials said that Marines will remain at Seal Beach, south of Los Angeles, and receive further training for a few more days “to learn protocols for use of force in a domestic setting,”“Military troops are providing protection for federal law enforcement officers as they continue operations to remove the worst of the worst from Los Angeles,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “If any rioters attack ICE law enforcement officers, military personnel have the authority to temporarily detain them until law enforcement makes the arrest. The violence against ICE law enforcement must end.” Hegseth has suggested that the use of troops inside the U.S. will continue to expand under the Trump administration. “I think we’re entering another phase, especially under President Trump, with his focus on the homeland, where the National Guard and Reserves become a critical component of how we secure that homeland,” Hegseth said Tuesday on Capitol Hill. U.S. National Guard is deployed around downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest the night before. against the Trump administration for militarizing in response to the Los Angeles riots. The president has ridiculed the governor for taking the “position that the rioting will not stop unless ICE withdraws from Los Angeles and ceases the enforcement of federal immigration law.” , and insurrectionists. They’re engaged in this willful attempt to nullify federal law and aid the occupation of the city by criminal invaders,” Trump told troops at Fort Bragg.
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