Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman said 500 National Guard members have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations.

Latest news and live updates as over 200 arrested in L.A. and National Guard to be deployed in Texas as rallies continue nationwide

On Tuesday, the X page for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted photos of California National Guardsmen on the scene of a detention being carried out by an ICE agent with the caption "Photos from today's ICE Los Angeles immigration enforcement operation."

Donald Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to quell LA protests is a rare exercise of presidential power.

President Trump issued a memo authorizing the National Guard to post up in Los Angeles, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called it "illegal."

President Donald Trump has built his presidency around stretching the bounds of presidential authority, and his response to protests over an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles is no exception.

Several hundred soldiers were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday, as demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown raged.

This article expands and updates a June 2020 article. Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal military forces within the U.S. is a drastic and historically rare move.