L.A. unrest live updates: 700 Marines will deploy as immigration protests continue
FuglyDuck @ FuglyDuck @lemmy.world Posts 13Comments 10,227Joined 2 yr. ago

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They’re technically not being used to do law enforcement or enforce marshal law.
They’re guarding federal buildings. Which then frees up the federal agents that normally guard them, which isn’t all that many- most fed buildings are guarded by private security. You don’t need a special agent to post up at a metal detector.
It’s a bit of a loophole and pretty dubious, but SCOTUS will let him get away with it.