Trump sends 700 more troops to LA protests as California sues him

California Governor Gavin Newsom (top right) has sued President Donald Trump (bottom left) for deploying troops to quell the Los Angeles protests (left) (Pictures: Shutterstock/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump sent about 700 more soldiers to deal with violent protests in Los Angeles after being sued by California.

The military on Monday afternoon mobilized hundreds of Marines temporarily while more National Guard troops arrive in LA,where have been happening since Friday over Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Coming from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center,the full battalion will join thousands of National Guard troops deployed by Trump over the weekend.

The battalion activation represents a notable escalation in Trump’s utilization of the military.

California National Guard troops stand outside the Edward R Roybal Federal Building after their deployment by President Donald Trump (Picture: Reuters)

They were deployed after Trump was asked if he would send Marines said during a roundtable: ‘We’ll see what happens.’

‘I think we have it very well under control,’ he said.

‘I think it would’ve been a very bad situation,it was heading in the wrong direction – it’s now heading in the right direction.’

Governor Gavin Newsom told The New York Times that the Marines deployment was a ‘provocation’ and that there was no need for them because the National Guard troops already there were not given much to do.

A police officer’s face covered in pepper spray outside the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles(Picture: Reuters)

Flash bangs echoed out every few seconds into the evening.

Newsom requested that Mr Trump remove the guard members in a letter on Sunday afternoon,calling their deployment a “serious breach of state sovereignty”. He was in Los Angeles meeting local law enforcement and officials.

Since Friday,about 150 people have been arrested.

Numerous protests continued on Monday,with some protesters gathering outside the Metropolitan Detention Center and chanting ‘National Guard out of LA’.