The request from Homeland Security, confirmed by a Defense official, also seeks “drone surveillance support,” direction to troops on detaining or arresting “lawbreakers,” and graduates from an organization like the Marines’ School of Advanced Warfighting School for setting up a joint operation center.

During a subcommittee hearing, Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about President Donald Trump’s decision to mobilize the National Guard and deploy Marines to help quell protests in Los Angeles.

Anti-ICE demonstrators took to streets across the country on Tuesday. Tensions are escalating for a fifth day in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city,

LA Mayor Karen Bass, who condemned the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions on Friday as stoking fear, called reports of unrest Saturday outside the city limits disturbing.

Elected officials from Southern California said the presence of troops served to escalate the climate of fear and unrest in their cities.