Police make arrests on first night of curfew in downtown LA as protests continue

The cost of deploying the Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles is an estimated $134 million, the Pentagon said Tuesday morning.

Bryn MacDonnell, the special assistant to the secretary of defense who serves as the agency's comptroller, testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on the estimated costs. "Which is largely just (temporary duty) cost: travel, housing, food, etc.," she explained.

When asked by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., for more details and where the money was coming from, MacDonnell said: "their own accounts."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added that the deployment is expected to last 60 days.

"We stated very publicly that it's 60 days because we want to ensure that those rioters, looters and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we're not going anywhere," Hegseth told members of the House appropriations defense subcommittee.

President Trump on Monday authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area. In addition, 700 Marines were sent amid the ongoing protests sparked by ICE raids and arrest in L.A.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson would not weigh in on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested - a suggestion made by President Donald Trump - but said the governor should be "tarred and feathered."

"Look, that's not my lane. I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered. I'll say that," Johnson said Tuesday at the weekly GOP news conference. "He's standing in the way of the administration and the carrying out of federal law, right? He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys."

"Do your job, man. That's what I tell Gavin Newsom," Johnson added. "Stop working on your rebranding and be a governor. Stand up for the rule of law."

Newsom clapped back on social media, writing, "Good to know we're skipping the arrest and going straight for the 1700's style forms of punishment. A fitting threat given the @GOP want to bring our country back to the 18th Century."

Johnson said Trump's actions sending Marines and National Guardsmen to Los Angeles is "full in his authority" to "maintain order."

"President Trump has put his hand on the table and said, 'Not on my watch,' and we applaud that, so we're standing with him," he said.

"We've got to protect them (federal law enforcement), and federal employees, as well, and federal buildings and property," Johnson said. "We're not going to let violent criminals destroy the property of U.S. taxpayers."

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday blasted Trump sending the National Guardsmen to LA, noting how she urged Trump to send in the guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol -- when rioters attacked law enforcement and destroyed property -- but the president refused to do so.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

At least 10 people were arrested after a protest against immigration raids in Orange County Monday turned chaotic and led to police declaring an unlawful assembly.

A protest against immigration raids in Santa Ana turned chaotic and led to police declaring an unlawful assembly.

Roughly 200 people were seen on Santa Ana Boulevard and Flower Street protesting in front of a federal building Monday evening.

Protesters threw objects - rocks, bottles, fireworks - at law enforcement as officers used tear gas and fired rubber bullets on the crowd. Footage taken around 7 p.m. shows a large crowd of demonstrators running after tear gas was deployed.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to testify before a House panel on Tuesday, his first time on Capitol Hill since being sworn in five months ago and as questions swirl about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of an immigration crackdown.

During the hearing, Hegseth is widely expected to dodge many of the specifics on the military's spending blueprint, which has not been released, and instead highlight recent gains in recruiting numbers and new technology initiatives in the Army.

But overshadowing much of his testimony will be the Pentagon's decision to send some 4,800 troops, including 700 Marines, to Los Angeles following several days of clashes between protesters and law enforcement there. The troops, known as Task Force 51, are being called under a law known as Title 10, which allows the president to send military forces to protect federal property and personnel.