These are the people flying flags from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, South Korea and other places during the Los Angeles protests.

Around 200 Marines armed with rifles, riot control equipment, gas masks, roughly 20 hours of civil disturbance training and the ability to temporarily detain civilians arrived in the country's second-largest city after days of public anticipation.

The Insurrection Act, which allows federal U.S. troops to enforce civilian laws on U.S. soil, is often confused with martial law, but the two are very different.

Marines are set to deploy to Los Angeles as protests continue nationwide. With the focus on protecting federal personnel, tensions are rising amid demonstrations in several cities.

This marked the second time since 2020 that Cotton has called for using the 1807 law that gives the president authority to mobilize the military in the U.S.

Nationwide protests erupted across the US following federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, prompting President Trump to deploy thousands of troops, triggering widespread clashes, curfews, mass arrests,

1:30 p.m. EDT About 300 members of the National Guard have been stationed across Los Angeles so far, The New York Times reported, the first soldiers as part of the 2,000 Trump has promised to station across the city as more protests are expected to take place this afternoon.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was pressed on the threshold for President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act against Los Angeles protesters.