LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property, personnel, the commander in charge says. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said Friday that the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.

The appeals court issued its pause just hours after Judge Charles Breyer wrote that Trump’s “actions were illegal." The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case on June 17.

I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities,' Task Force 51 Commander Maj. Gen. Sherman says - Anadolu Ajansı

A battalion of 700 Marine infantrymen is joining National Guard troops in Los Angeles on Friday to guard federal property.

California has challenged the administration’s move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will speak to reporters from Los Angeles, where ICE raids have triggered riots and the deployment of the National Guard and Marines.

The 700 Marines mobilized to the Los Angeles area on Monday have not yet completed pre-mission training as of Wednesday morning, with no clear picture yet as to whether they will be deployed on the ground,

The state claimed the president improperly deployed the Guard and Marines to Los Angeles without the governor’s consent or input amid immigration protests.