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By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America's second largest city as California's governor warned "democracy is under assault.
Angelina and Kevin Verville had just gotten home with their newborn son after a trip for groceries when a woman stopped by their Sterling Homes apartment complex for families stationed at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said in a June 10 news release.
California officials argue that President Trump exceeded his authority by federalizing the National Guard without the consent of Gov. Gavin Newsom and by deploying Marines on American soil.
Gov. Newsom sued Pres. Trump for deploying members of the California National Guard without directly notifying him first. The complaint, filed Monday, alleges the troop deployments were "unnecessary and counterproductive.
A ruling on whether to limit the California National Guard and Marines’ role in Los Angeles could come soon, a federal judge said during an hourlong
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California's two U.S. Senators pushed for more information about how hundreds of U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles over the objections of local leaders.
Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.
CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the latest on the Marines deployed to California in response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.