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.

Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that Los Angeles does not need National Guard troops to bolster city police amid protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, despite violent incidents.

The immigration raids across Los Angeles have all the hallmarks of Gregory Bovino's Kern County sweep, which a federal judge says likely violated the Constitution.

As federal agents step up immigration raids In Los Angeles... It’s not only sparking concern in immigrant communities, but in the business world as well. Immigrant labor is one of the backbones of Southern California’s economy with jobs ranging from agriculture to construction to hospitality.

Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, faces federal charges for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” on June 11.

About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) 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 don’t want them here.

Thousands of protestors march through downtown Los Angeles in solidarity with the No Kings on Saturday, June 14. Mexican flags and banners denouncing the federal immigration raids that have occurred throughout Southern California this week,