Los Angeles endured a sixth day of protests that have been largely peaceful but occasionally punctuated by violence.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum "deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness" in California as demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations continue in the state, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Saturday evening.

The Guard’s arrival marks a potentially volatile phase in Trump’s push to ramp up deportations and in his contentious relationship with state and local authorities.

Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon might mobilize active-duty troops. California Governor Gavin Newsom said it was "deranged behavior."