The Pentagon’s deployment of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles to help the National Guard respond to immigration protests follows weeks of rapid developments in President Donald Trump’s signature domestic priority for mass deportations.

President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops to California is forcing Democrats back onto politically perilous turf, as they look for ways to condemn Trump’s actions without being drawn into a broad debate over immigration or tying themselves to the chaotic scenes emerging from Los Angeles.

Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell appeared before the council to discuss the LAPD’s attempts to control protests that have erupted mostly in downtown Los Angeles every day since Friday, sometimes descending into chaos.

Tensions escalated after President Donald Trump called up the National Guard over the objections of state and city leaders.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said President Trump was "panicking" over the protests against him and his policies, telling the president the movement was more unstoppable than ever.

Hundreds of Marines are expected to stand guard in Los Angeles on Tuesday following another night of unrest in downtown Los Angeles that resulted in arrests and a handful of businesses burglarized.

Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.