Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles faced intense protests due to President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard. Demonstrators blocked highways and clashed with law enforcement. The National Guard's role is to protect federal buildings.

Last week, the Trump administration deployed National Guard troops and Marines to attempt to tamp down protests against immigration raids.

LOS ANGELES — California National Guard troops wielded M4 rifles, pistols, riot sticks and shields as they stared down demonstrators Wednesday, under orders to protect federal personnel and buildings as protests continued in Southern California against immigration enforcement operations.

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature passed a package of bills this week that were designed to aid in federal crackdowns on migrants suspected of entering the country illegally

If U.S. troops are regularly deployed on immigration raids in American cities and take a more active role, it would mark a significant shift. Traditionally, National Guard involvement in ...