By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America's second largest city,

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

Six Americans tell the BBC that there's clearly a problem in Los Angeles - they just don't agree with who's at fault.

President Donald Trump has sent U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in an effort to quash anti-ICE protests that have ravaged parts of the city on Tuesday. Images from L.A. show masked protesters blocking roads,

National Guard members and Marines deployed to Los Angeles cannot perform law enforcement duties by law. That would change if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Fort Bragg, the nation's largest military installation.

Authorities swept in with flash-bangs and tear gas grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles.