People attend a rally against the detention of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW union president David Huerta amid federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
After deploying the National Guard, President Donald Trump has now activated hundreds of Marines to go to Los Angeles to oppose anti-immigration enforcement agents doing raids across the city.
CNN reported that 700 Marines were being sent while Bloomberg cited at least 500. CNN cited three people familiar who said that the Marines were sent to the city from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California.
"The deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump’s use of the military as a show of force against protesters," the CNN report said. The sources acknowledged that it's unclear what the mission is.
Marines, like the National Guard, are legally barred from serving as law enforcement.
The Los Angeles Police Department released a statement on Saturday saying that there was no violence during the demonstrations.