When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.

Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that Los Angeles does not need National Guard troops to bolster city police amid protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, despite violent incidents.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump is "escalating the situation" by sending troops to L.A., adding fuel to the feud between the two

Several people were detained in an immigration operation at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet this weekend, according to swap meet officials. Video from the scene at 13963 Alondra Blvd. showed masked federal agents apprehending several people on Saturday, accompanied by armed U.S. Marines. It was unclear what further actions were taken.

Large crowds gathered near a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles Friday protesting immigration raids that had taken place throughout the city.

Soldiers mobilized by President Trump protected ICE agents on their raids in Los Angeles. The state of California said the deployment was illegal.

But what does a state's National Guard do that local or state law enforcement can't? The National Guard is almost always called upon by a state's governor. Their job is broad, ess

The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted workers on produce farms in Ventura County Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids.