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."

The Republican said troops “will use every tool & strategy" to "maintain order" as people across the country protest Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.

In Austin, 12 people were arrested Monday during a protest in which officers were hit by rocks and other missiles and police used tear gas to disperse a crowd making its way to the J.J. Pickle Federal Building, which houses an ICE office.