By America-Today      June 10, 2025

Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles escalated on Sunday as US

President Donald Trump called to "bring in the troops".

Rising unrest saw a major freeway blocked and a row of self-driving cars set on fire as

law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.

Police called downtown LA an "unlawful assembly" area at 23:15 local time on Sunday

(07:15 BST on Monday) after three days of protests and dozens of arrests.

Demonstrations began outside the Federal Building, in downtown LA, on Friday after

it emerged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were carrying out

raids across the city.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, along with the LA Mayor Karen Bass, said in

separate comments on Saturday that they believed local police could handle the

protests.But on Saturday night, after two days of clashes between demonstrators and

immigration authorities, Trump went against Newsom's wishes and ordered the

deployment of 2,000 National Guard.

On Sunday morning, the first group of troops began arriving in the city, staging outside

a detention centre where illegal immigrants are taken once detained.