The Trump administration announced Saturday it was deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to large-scale protests that erupted Saturday following dozens of arrests Friday in citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities,

A protest erupted Saturday morning in the city of Paramount as federal law enforcement officers staged operations near a Home Depot on Paramount Boulevard. The scene quickly escalated, prompting a robust response from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and raising tensions across the county as news broke that President Donald Trump signed a memo federalizing