National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.

The peaceful protest began shortly after 6 p.m. and soon tripled in size as people congregated in front of a road closure, occupied by at least six members of the California National Guard on

The Texas National Guard is on standby as Austin prepares for a large-scale anti-Trump protest Saturday — the city’s first since a downtown

HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”

In a move that has prompted division, Trump ordered the California National Guard to quell the immigration protests, moving to deploy 2,000 soldiers to the Los Angeles area. “Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence,

Fifteen people were arrested Tuesday after 150 protesters gathered in Center City to rally against the Trump administration's ICE operations in Philadelphia.