The military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent to Los Angeles, joining National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests, U.S. Northern Command said in a statement.

Anti-immigration raid protests are continuing into the fourth night as the Pentagon deployed active-duty U.S. Marines.

About 700 Marines from the Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms, California, will deploy to Los Angeles to support the roughly 300 National Guard members already

California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."

LAPD says they have made 50 arrests and fired over non-lethal rounds to quell fraught protests. Charges against demonstrators include