India, June 10 -- Marines are out in Los Angeles (LA) streets on the order of US President Donald Trump, to suppress protests against the enforcement of Washington's immigration policy. California's largest city has been restive for a few days now with people mobilising against a key poll promise made by Trump, spurred by a demand of his MAGA (Make America Great Again) constituency. Earlier, the state's governor announced that his government would sue Trump for sending in the National Guard.

Street protests are not uncommon in the US, just as in any democracy. However, the Oval Office's ongoing stand-off with the government of California, a Democrat-run state, infringes on the federal pact, which clearly distinguishes between the powers ...