() Senior administration officials tell 700 active-duty U.S. Marines will be deployed to Los Angeles to “help protect federal agents and buildings” in response to the protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.

The Marines “will seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area,” U.S. Northern Command said in a statement. Monday evening, the U.S. Northern Command posted photos of the Marines ready to be deployed on X.

Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state is working with local partners to surge 800-plus additional state and local law enforcement officers “into Los Angeles to clean up President Trump’s mess.” He also announced on X that the president had ordered an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to California, calling the move “Reckless. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops.”

The City of Los Angeles has declared a Tactical Alert, and all uniformed personnel are to remain on duty.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said he has not received any formal notification that the Marines will be arriving in Los Angeles. “However, the possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles – absent clear coordination – presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,” McDonnell said in a post.

Federal officials carried out more immigration actions in Los Angeles on Monday after a weekend filled with protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Confrontations began Friday when dozens of protesters gathered outside a federal detention center demanding the release of more than 40 people arrested by federal immigration authorities across Los Angeles, as part of Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to the area, a move several California officials have slammed as an escalation of chaos. 

Under the Posse Comitatus Act, federal service members are prohibited from engaging in law enforcement activities unless authorized to do so by law. The main exception is the Insurrection Act, which can be invoked to enforce federal law, quell a rebellion against the federal government or protect people’s civil rights when the state government refuses to do so.

Speaking to reporters, Trump suggested California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested, something Newsom called a step toward authoritarianism.

Trump also declined to answer a question about invoking the Insurrection Act.

Later, when asked what cause he would have to arrest Newsom, Trump replied that his performance as governor would be sufficient.

“I think his primary crime is running for governor. What he’s done to that state is like what Biden did to the country,” Trump said.

California files lawsuit against Trump’s National Guard deployment

On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state was suing the Trump administration following weekend protests.

The state is asking the court to set aside Trump’s order to federalize the National Guard.

“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends. Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law and not one we take lightly. We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order,” Bonta said.”

Bonta criticized Trump for deploying the National Guard without authorization from the state’s governor and without allowing local authorities to handle the protests.

“By the time the first few hundred troops arrived on Sunday, the protests had mostly dissipated and streets were mostly quiet and calm,” he said.

Locations included a Home Depot and a construction site.

Also on Monday, the city of Glendale, California, announced it was terminating a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold federal detainees at its police department.

Labor chief released on bond after arrest at ICE raid

California union leader David Huerta was charged in federal court with conspiracy to impede an officer after he was arrested on Friday while protesting federal immigration enforcement efforts.

Huerta, the president of the California branch of the Service Employees International Union, was released on a $50,000 bond after a hearing Monday afternoon with the stipulations that he does not leave the state without permission, stays 100 yards away from law-enforcement federal operations except to attend court, avoids contact with witnesses and victims and surrenders his passport.

A Homeland Security agent alleged in a court affidavit, dated Sunday, that officers were trying to execute a search warrant at a Los Angeles establishment suspected of hiring people who had entered the U.S. without authorization when Huerta took several steps to “disrupt the operation.”

Huerta sat and paced in front of a gate, the federal agent wrote in the affidavit, and refused to move aside.

At one point, Huerta “refused to move away from the path,” when a law enforcement van approached with its sirens blazing and tried to enter through the gate, according to the Homeland Security agent. Huerta, according to the federal agent, “instead stood in front of the vehicle with his hands on his hips.”

The agent said he then saw a law enforcement officer approach an “uncooperative” Huerta and “put his hands” on Huerta “in an attempt to move him out of the path of the vehicle.”

Huerta pushed the officer back, according to the agent, and “in response,” the officer pushed Huerta to the ground, handcuffed him and arrested him.

The incident has provoked outrage from Democrats.

LA schools respond to ICE raids

On Monday, officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District held a press conference, speaking out against the actions taken by the Trump administration and pledging to protect all students regardless of immigration status.

The district is currently holding graduations, with more than 100 ceremonies set to happen Monday and Tuesday.

Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho announced that it would consider all graduation locations protected sites, noting that many families are afraid to see their child graduate because of their immigration status.

He said that perimeters of safety would be established around graduation sites and schools where federal actions are being taken and that families would be allowed to remain inside venues until immigration actions ceased.

Carvalho still recognized that many would be afraid of showing up at schools for graduations or routine events and emphasized that the school stands with all families.

He referred to the clouds over LA as clouds of “injustice” and “intimidation,” affirming the constitutional right to an education for all students.

reporters on the ground described the scene next to LA’s City Hall near the Civic Center as “a mess” in the early hours of Monday morning. 

Police declared an “unlawful assembly” in the city late Sunday, and it was unclear how many were arrested. At least two dozen were arrested Saturday. 

The 101 Freeway, a key artery into downtown LA, was temporarily blocked by protesters on Sunday, and some employees of nearby businesses were reportedly told not to come to work on Monday. Several Waymo robo-taxis were set on fire.  

Tensions had escalated Saturday in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at a Home Depot in the city of Paramount, south of LA. 

In addition to the LA Police Department, police from nearby Glendale and Redondo Beach also responded to the scene, where officers used foam batons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds. 

Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom spar over LA protest response

“I have a little statement. They spit, we hit,” Trump said Sunday in response to the protests. “Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers. Nobody’s going to spit on our military.”

Trump has not ruled out more military involvement in the Los Angeles area and threatened to arrest California officials if they stand in the way. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed back Sunday, challenging the administration to “arrest me.”

On Monday morning, the two camps continued to spar on social media. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump stepped in to protect the city.

“Federal law enforcement officers were attacked by violent radicals and illegal criminals waving foreign flags because Governor Newsom was too weak to protect the city,” she wrote.

Newsom said he would sue the administration over its deployment of the National Guard.

“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” he said.

Trump deployed the California National Guard without Newsom’s request, marking the first time a president has sent troops to a state without the governor’s prior approval since the Civil Rights Movement.

Newsom said Trump, not protesters, is escalating the situation. 

“Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight. He’s exacerbated the conditions. … He’s putting fuel on this fire ever since he announced he was taking over the National Guard,” Newsom told MSNBC. 

Newsom issued a warning to those he called bad actors, saying violent acts would not be tolerated. He also said Trump was using the protests as an “excuse to militarize a city and circumvent democracy.” 

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the Trump administration provoked the chaos with immigration raids and told affiliate KTLA she was in contact with border czar Tom Homan.

Protests also broke out in San Francisco late Sunday, following recent demonstrations in Chicago and New York City.

‘s Tanya Noury and Ashley Soriano, partner The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.