House Democrats are demanding information from the Department of Defense about an incident in which Marines detained a civilian in Los Angeles last week.
Reuters reported that Marines detained a civilian Friday at a federal building in Los Angeles. It’s the first known detention of its kind since the Trump administration sent troops to California earlier this month after protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
In a letter to General Gregory Guillot obtained by NOTUS, 34 Democrats, including nearly two dozen from California, raised questions about whether detaining the person broke federal laws that restrict troops’ authority when they operate within the U.S. Guillot serves as the commander of the U.S. Northern Command, the military’s strategic command unit for all of North America.