By Brad Brooks, Jorge Garcia, Idrees Ali and Phil StewartLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles on Friday, the military said, a rare domestic use of its forces as protests over President Donald Trump's immigration raids spread nationwide.

ICE said the El Salvador criminal warrant against Cristian Alberto Rivas-Escalante is for "illicit associations with the 18th Street Gang."

The four migrant detainees who escaped from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark during a riot were behind bars for assault and burglary charges, police revealed

President Donald Trump in recent days has sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to quell Los Angeles-area protests over immigration enforcement actions, despite the objections of Democratic Gov.

They are also encouraging migrants in the U.S. to return to their home countries on their own. Trump has offered $1,000 and a free commercial flight to people willing to “self deport.” But even with that incentive, immigrants aren’t leaving the country at the pace Trump promised.

Records obtained by the Sun-Times show the police have handed over documents that include the names, addresses and countries of origin of people targeted by federal immigration authorities.

Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature passed a package of bills this week that were designed to aid in federal crackdowns on migrants suspected of entering the country illegally.

U.S. troops have begun conducting direct arrests of migrants crossing into recently-designated military areas, expanding their role in immigration enforcement. Concretely, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Chad Campbell said the first detentions took place last week after three migrants entered such an area in New Mexico.