The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

National Guard members are accompanying ICE agents on operations and have temporarily detained civilians. Here’s the latest.

On Tuesday, the X page for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted photos of California National Guardsmen on the scene of a detention being carried out by an ICE agent with the caption "Photos from today's ICE Los Angeles immigration enforcement operation."

President Donald Trump has activated 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to secure the area over the protests of Democrats, including Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who have characterized the federalization of the situation as authoritarian and inflammatory.

President Donald Trump and his administration increased efforts to round up immigrants and deport those without documentation, causing protests around the country and California, specifically in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The ICE raids in California, and the Trump administration's decision to deploy National Guard troops, to Los Angeles, touched off a wave of demonstrations and arrests other U.S. cities.

Protests over immigration raids stretched into a fifth night in Los Angeles and spread to other cities, including New York, Chicago and Milwaukee, prompting clashes between police and demonstrators.

Since June 6, federal agents from ICE, DHS, FBI, and ATF have executed coordinated immigration raids across Los Angeles, including in the Fashion District, Home Depot lots, and near garment warehouses.