Hundreds of Marines Are Deploying to Los Angeles Area

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  Marines are being deployed in Los Angeles in the wake of the weekend protests over immigration.

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  It's Monday, June 9th.

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  I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.

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  the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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  Roughly 500 Marines are deploying to the Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings and personnel in the wake of weekend protests over immigration that have already led President Trump to federalize National Guard troops.

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  That's according to defense and congressional officials who said that the troops won't engage with protesters.

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  The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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  The decision to send active duty forces into an American city marks an escalation of the use of military troops to quell domestic unrest and came over the objections of California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom,

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  who has called the federal intervention an intrusion on state sovereignty.

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  Earlier in a video statement,

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  California Attorney General Rob Bonta said California plans to sue the Trump administration over its decision to send in National Guard troops and put the blame on President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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  With this order,

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  Trump and Hegseth ignored law enforcement's expertise and guidance and trampled over our state's,

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  California's sovereignty.

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