Residents and experts say the response is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country.

President Donald Trump further tightened his grip on Los Angeles on Monday by deploying a fresh batch of National Guard troops to quell protesters. Trump has mobilized an additional 2,000 National Guard as protests against immigration raids dragged into their fourth day,

Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.

According to experts, Trump is the first President to deploy the National Guard without a request from the state Governor since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent federal troops to Alabama to protect those partaking in a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, led by Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump's escalation of immigration arrests by shifting into workplaces ignited clashes between protesters and officers in the immigrant-heavy city.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."

President Donald Trump ordered thousands of troops after large protests in LA targeted the administration's crackdown on immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country