The Pentagon’s deployment of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles to join the National Guard’s response to immigration protests follows weeks of rapid-fire developments as President Donald Trump pursues his top domestic priority for mass deportations.

President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg.

Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.

Local officials and Governor Gavin Newsom don’t want the military presence and the police chief has said it creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests.

Local residents in one Los Angeles-area community cleaned up streets and erased graffiti while expressing dismay at the damage caused during violent clashes between protesters and immigration authorities over the weekend.

The Trump administration is accusing the LAPD of waiting two hours to respond and disperse a violent mob of 1,000 people who gathered in the city’s downtown Friday nto protest the feds’ efforts to

Police detained a CNN correspondent and crew reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, calling into question whether law enforcement has been targeting journalists trying to cover the demonstrations after two other journalists were hit by rubber bullets.

Protests in Los Angeles against raids on suspected undocumented immigrants have turned into the strongest domestic backlash against President Donald Trump since he took office in January.