The vandalism and graffiti stretched out block after block across downtown Los Angeles: 'Remove Trumps head!!' was scrawled on the front facade of Los Angeles County Law Library.

What to Know Signs of weekend violence in Los Angeles remained at businesses with broken glass, looted shelves and graffiti in the downtown area. California announced a lawsuit against President Trump over federalization of the National Guard.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton were ready to deploy if necessary.

More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.

U.S. Marines are being deployed to Los Angeles to assist federal agents amid violent anti-ICE protests. The move follows President Trump's controversial deployment of the National Guard, opposed by California's governor.

A large crowd gathered Monday in a park across from Los Angeles City Hall to protest the arrest of a prominent labor leader. Their signs lambasted President Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement as David Huerta was due in court for a bail hearing. Union leaders from across California led the crowd in chants of “Free Huerta now!”

Soon after scattered protests broke out in Los Angeles on Friday in the wake of federal immigration raids, President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke by phone. Trump never mentioned any federal response,