With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

For them, picking up work at Home Depot is their only source of income, and some work as little as one day a week.  While Valencia and other day laborers sought wages, other community members in Paramount and Compton,

The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.

The troops are authorized to detain people who pose a threat to federal personnel or property, but only until police can arrest them.

Texas deploys National Guard troops as Austin police make eight arrests during anti-ICE riots where agitators defaced federal property, injured officers, and blocked roadways.

Protests over President Trump's immigration enforcement raids and his mobilization of the Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles have spread to other major U.S. cities.

With protests in resistance to ICE raids pop up around Los Angeles, Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing back against media disinformation. The former governor of California recently commented on the ongoing demonstrations and media rhetoric that “the whole of Los Angeles is a war zone” as Donald Trump deploys troops around the city.

LOS ANGELES − Two people have been charged with throwing firebombs during five days of protests that have rocked a downtown section of the city and prompted President Trump' controversial decision to send 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines here, authorities said Wednesday.