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Follow along for live updates as thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids.
President Donald Trump has sent the Marines to Los Angeles in an effort to quash anti-ICE protests that have ravaged parts of the city on Tuesday. Images from L.A. show masked protesters blocking roads,
It's been five days since anti-ICE demonstrations erupted in Los Angeles, some turning violent between protesters and law enforcement officers, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines.
The Marines will take over some duties from the National Guard amid a legal battle between California and the Trump administration over the forces’ deployment.
With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
The troops are authorized to detain people who pose a threat to federal personnel or property, but only until police can arrest them.
As the National Guard and then the Marines descended in armored trucks on Los Angeles, the anti-ICE demonstrations began to turn increasingly more fiery, chaotic, and confrontational with
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.
Downtown Los Angeles was under curfew on Tuesday evening as some 700 Marines arrived in LA as part of the federal response to five days of fiery protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.