Donald Trump has authorised the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests for a second day and police in riot gear used teargas on demonstrators.

The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities,

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

Some 2,000 National Guardsmen will be deployed to Los Angeles to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester,” the president’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt

Undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families are learning how to assert themselves — and prepare for worst-case scenarios.

Border czar' Tom Homan said Saturday the Trump admin is planning to send the National Guard to Los Angeles to quell ICE protests.

A spokesperson for ICE told Newsweek they remain in federal custody pending removal from the United States back to Honduras.

On Saturday, protests had already begun across L.A. when ICE conducted a raid in Paramount. Not long after, a protest started in Compton where demonstrators set a car on fire, followed by more

Rep. Jimmy Gomez said the lawmakers were “exercising our congressional authority to investigate” the treatment of those at the facility.

Representative Jimmy Gomez is demanding answers from DHS over reports of detainees being held in a Los Angeles basement.

Highly publicized immigration raids have rattled the community and prompted lawmakers to push for more laws protecting immigrants.

Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to become powerful forces of nonviolent protest.