Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.

Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.

The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

Mapped: the 40 cities where anti-ICE protests have erupted across the US - 23 states, 40 cities, hundreds of arrests and thousands of military troops deployed. The Independent has mapped out where anti-immigration demonstrations have sprung up across the U.

Members of the L.A.P.D. in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard troops in riot gear surrounded a federal building. Protests started near a complex of federal buildings but spread to other areas downtown in the evening. Law enforcement officers were stationed around the federal complex all day.

A federal judge's order to halt Trump's Guard deployment to LA was paused by an appeals court, even as DHS Secretary Noem vowed continued immigration raids that have sparked national protests.

A temporary restraining order said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.