The National Guard has been deployed to Los Angeles in the past in response to civil disorder and natural disasters.

Los Angeles residents and experts say the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the country.

The high-profile Democratic governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York defended their states' immigration policies in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday -- weighing in on the ongoing Los Angeles protests over immigration enforcement.

Massachusetts senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey called Trump's move to deploy the National Guard to quell LA protests "authoritarian."

President Donald Trump says he’s deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom

California governor and federal officials traded blame after ICE raids and a violent protest rocked the L.A.-area city of Paramount.

President Trump announced Saturday that 2,000 California National Guard troops would be sent to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests. The move follows two days of unrest after an ICE-led immigration crackdown, with demonstrations also taking place in cities like Minneapolis and Chicago.