Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) said Sunday that her city doesn’t “need” the military following President Trump’s recent deployment of military troops to Los Angeles amid immigration protests.

Mayor Karen Bass and legislators oppose Trump's planned immigration raids and military presence in Los Angeles.

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

A United States appeals court temporarily allowed President Trump to keep National Guard troops in Los Angeles. This ruling paused a lower court’s decision that declared the deployment unlawful and gave control back to California’s governor.

Steve Woolford has been a resource counselor with the GI Rights Hotline for two decades and says the hotline has been receiving more calls than usual.

The Trump administration maintains it took over California's National Guard to restore order, and protect ICE officers.

About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home.

The commander overseeing military operations in Los Angeles said that troops deployed to the city can temporarily detain individuals but cannot make arrests.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

President Donald Trump said "Los Angeles was safe and sound for the ... Anthony Zinni, former head of U.S. Central Command, told Military.com on Thursday. "It's not something that they are ready ...

Reuters images showed Marines apprehending a civilian, restraining his hands with zip ties and then handing him over to civilians from the Department of Homeland Security.