Los Angeles, June 14 -- The US government has deployed over 200 Marines to Los Angeles to protect the Wilshire Federal Building following mass protests against the Trump administration's immigration policy, said military officials.

As per CBS News, US Army Major General Scott Sherman, commander of the Task Force 51, which includes more than 4,000 California Army National Guard soldiers and about 700 marines, said at a press briefing that the marines had full training in containing civil disturbance.

However, they were deployed to protect the federal building and as such will only contain unrest to that point, and will not be participating in law enforcement activities.

Sherman confirmed that the National Guard soldiers who have b...