Marines Prepare for Los Angeles Deployment
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It's been five days since anti-ICE demonstrations erupted in Los Angeles, some turning violent between protesters and law enforcement officers, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines.
Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter,
Tear gas was used against protesters outside a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Sunday, creating a tense moment during an otherwise largely peaceful day of immigration raid demonstrations.
The spokesperson told CNN the Marines "have not completed [Standing Rules for the Use of Force] and nonlethal weapons training."