Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protection around agents as they carried out arrests.

President Trump alleges that the Los Angeles demonstrations are being funded by outside sources, vowing to investigate through the Department of Justice. He deployed National Guard troops and US Marines to address what he described as a violent assault on public order,

Notably, the protests erupted after ICE agents conducted raids across the city, arresting dozens of undocumented immigrants.