Suppression of protests in Los Angeles will cost the Pentagon $134 million
US Department of Defense plans to keep troops in California city where fighting continues for two months
Mobilizing the U.S. Marine Corps and National Guard troops to respond to the protests in Los Angeles will cost the U.S. Department of Defense about $134 million. The money will go towards travel, housing and food for the military, CNN reports .
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, along with Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Bryn McDonnell and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kaine, presented the spending plan to the House Defense Subcommittee.
"The current estimated cost is $134 million, which is largely just the cost of travel, housing, food, etc.," McDonnell said.
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Hegset added that the deployment of National Guard and Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles will last 60 days.
- Clashes have been ongoing in the California city since the evening of June 6 between residents of a predominantly Latino neighborhood and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents . This comes amid immigration raids initiated by the Trump administration.
- The US President has deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
