The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.

Tonight protesters are taking to the streets again in LA as the Trump administration has now mobilized marines in addition to national guard deployments following violent clashes. Democratic officials have criticized Trump for deploying the national guard,

Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city on Sunday, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

About 300 rallied at Seattle City Hall in support of David Huerta, a union leader arrested while protesting against workplace immigration raids.

Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country.

Across the street from Home Depot, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents reportedly conducted raids on Saturday, several National Guard trucks were parked in a gated business park with armed troops on duty.

The Marines and the National Guard personnel deployed amid the protests in to Los Angeles will operate under the same rules of force and will not be engaging crowds, according to two U.S. officials.

Multiple anti-deportation protests are expected in the Baltimore area this week, organized amid increased tension between activists and federal agents after protests became violent in Los Angeles

The Pentagon planned to deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on Monday to help National Guard members respond to immigration protests, three U.S. officials said

Newsom is trying to navigate choppy political waters, according to strategists from both parties. As the governor of California, a deep-blue Democratic state that Trump has gleefully caricatured at every opportunity, Newsom could struggle to appeal to swing voters as a national candidate without moderating his image.

President Trump deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles, overriding state authority for the first time in 60 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made no secret of his willingness to exert a maximalist approach to enforcing immigration laws and keeping order as he campaigned to return to the White House. The fulfillment of that pledge is now on full display in Los Angeles.