LOS ANGELES: California Governor Gavin Newsom asked a federal court on Tuesday to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles, saying it would only heighten tensions.
Newsom filed the emergency request after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment to LA of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines following protests of the president’s stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. The demonstrations in the city of 4 million people have largely been centred downtown.
Marines were not seen on the streets yet while National guard troops so far have had limited engagement with protesters.