What are the Marines and National Guard actually doing in Los Angeles? [View all]
Did President Trump send the U.S. military to Los Angeles earlier this week to safeguard the city from protesters? Or is this the start of something bigger — an unprecedented push by the president to carry out mass deportations with the help of armed troops?
New reporting about the military’s shifting duties in the city — and a new lawsuit filed by the state of California against the Trump administration — suggests the latter is very much a live possibility.
According to the New York Times, “armed National Guard troops mobilized by President Trump” — troops initially tasked with guarding federal buildings — instead “accompanied federal immigration enforcement officers on raids in Los Angeles on Tuesday
All but confirming the military’s expanding role, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) later posted two photos on X showing camouflaged soldiers holding rifles while ICE agents handcuffed suspects.
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