The decision is almost historic.

Protests in Los Angeles began on Friday after it was revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had conducted raids in areas of the city with large Latino populations.

On Saturday, Republican Trump deployed National Guard troops to the second-most populous US city, where protests against immigration raids and clashes with police have erupted, without consulting the Democratic governor. The last time a US president did so was 60 years ago.

“At the direction of the President, the Department of Defense is mobilizing an additional 2,000 troops,” Sean Parnell, the U.S. assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said Monday. The U.S. military later announced that 700 Marines would also be deployed to Los Angeles, who it said would “seamlessly integrate” with ground forces protecting “federal personnel and assets in the greater Los Angeles area.”