LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building after a week of protests against immigration raids, while communities across the country are preparing for demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend.
The Marines wearing combat gear and carrying rifles are taking over some posts from National Guard members who were deployed to the city after the protests erupted last week. Those protests sparked dozens more over several days around the country, with some leading to clashes with police and hundreds of arrests.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called the troop deployment a “serious breach of state sovereignty” and a power grab by Trump, and he has gone to court to stop it. The president has cited a legal provision that allows him to mobilize federal service members when there is “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”
A U.S Marine holds a rifle outside of a federal building, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A U.S Marine guards a federal building, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Demonstrators wearing masks hold signs outside the Federal Building during a protest on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
Alberto Gonzalez waves a Mexican flag outside city hall while demonstrating against U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement raids on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A U.S Marine works a checkpoint outside of a federal building, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Law enforcement stand guard outside the Federal Building during a protest on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
A Los Angeles Sheriff’s Response Team member stands during a protest outside the Federal Building on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
Tony Robles holds his son Malakey during a protest outside the Federal Building on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
Roberto Alvarez waves a Mexican flag as police officers move protesters out of a street Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines, guard the entrance outside the Wilshire Federal Building, ahead of Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings Day” protest, in Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, June 13, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Members of the California National Guard work outside of a federal building Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A U.S Marine works outside of a federal building Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
U.S Marines patrol alongside a federal building in Los Angeles, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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