Los Angeles police arrest protesters
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom had sued Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”
California has challenged the administration’s move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.
Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.
President Donald Trump sent in troops, but demonstrators have largely come face to face with local police instead
Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”