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

What started as a small protest against immigrant arrests escalated over a few days, after President Trump called in the National Guard.

A Los Angeles man is accused of setting a patrol car on fire in downtown during a protest against immigration raids.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a statewide address on Tuesday in the wake of immigration operations that sparked days of protest in Los Angeles and the deployment of hundreds of National Guard and U.S. Marines troops to the area by President Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is "pulling a military dragnet" across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

ICE protesters blocked the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, shutting down both northbound and southbound lanes and causing a major traffic standstill. Drivers on the freeway were forced to turn around.

Demonstrators made their way onto the 101 Freeway and stopped traffic in both directions before National Guard and law enforcement moved them off.