Marines to join the National Guard troops that protect ice officers in Los Angeles

Marines are expected to be deployed in the streets of Los Angeles on Wednesday and join the National Guard troops that protect federal property and immigration agents.

The 700 Marines, who have trained at a non -specific location in the Los Angeles region, will work with the National Guard, said a spokeswoman for the American Northern Command.

The action will broaden the rare use of military troops on the domestic government of the federal government. According to tradition and law, American troops are supposed to be used only in the most terrible and extreme circumstances in the United States.

The state of California has brought lawsuits in which the court is asked to limit the use of soldiers by the federal government in Los Angeles. A federal judge in California has planned a hearing for Thursday afternoon at the request of the State to limit the use of troops only to monitoring federal buildings.

California asked a temporary restraining order at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Pacific -time and stated that the Marines and monitoring troops could not accompany immigration raids or perform other law enforcement activities, such as operational checkpoints. The judge, Charles S. Breyer, refused to impose the order on the deadline.

Armed guard troops accompanied federal immigration enforcement officers in Los Angeles, held guns and stood next to them while they held people, depict Posted on Tuesday due to immigration and customs enforcement.

Since President Trump mobilized on Monday, they have received training in de-escalation, crowd control and the rules for the use of violence, according to the spokeswoman for Northern Command. When they are deployed on the street, they will already join the 2,100 guardians there.

Together with the National Guard troops, the Marines Ice Agents will secure while doing their work, the spokeswoman said. She added that the troops would not be involved to help them make arrests.