For the latest updates on the LA protests, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Monday, June 9. LOS ANGELES — Tensions escalated in Los Angeles late Sunday between law enforcement and protesters as California National Guard troops arrived in Southern California to quell demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown,

California officials have continued to maintain the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members is "unnecessary".

Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested that he is unwilling to comply with federal authorities enforcing the law during the anti-ICE protests.

Noem threatened President Biden for considering activating the Guard in Texas over governor's objections, but praises Trump for doing it in California.

President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles Saturday as riots over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids

Democrats in Congress and some military and law enforcement officials expressed concern about the plan, which Defense Department officials have not yet approved.

The fact the Los Angeles protests broke out because demonstrators don't want illegal immigrants with criminal records to be arrested is pathetic.