In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"

The protests resonate with many Filipinos and Asians in the US as they come from immigrant families themselves, experts say.

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that her city doesn’t “need” the military following President Trump’s recent deployment of military troops to Los Angeles amid immigration protests. “We

Mayor Karen Bass and legislators oppose Trump's planned immigration raids and military presence in Los Angeles.

Resources were made available this weekend for downtown Los Angeles businesses that were impacted by the recent events stemming from immigration operations, Mayor Karen Bass announced. The resources set forth by the mayor will include virtual webinars to help business owners learn more about the assistance available for them.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.