Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Los Angeles on Friday to visit with military leadership and tour facilities in the area following days of civil unrest.
Vance plans to visit federal command and operations centers, meet with Marines sent to safeguard the region, and speak to the assembled group, the White House said in a statement on June 20.
Los Angeles became a flashpoint for the national debate over immigration policy in recent weeks after protesters took to the streets to challenge President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Details of the vice president’s schedule are vague, and the brief itinerary does not mention California Gov. Gavin Newsom or other state officials....
