The sweeps have fueled six days of protests resulting in hundreds of arrests in Los Angeles while demonstrations have spread across the nation.

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.

Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

Special Response Teams (SRTs) are tactical units under ICE that use BearCat tracked vehicles, long guns and tactical vests in operations considered high risk. They were used in the raid on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ home, for example. They were most recently used in Los Angeles and are seen as among the reasons protests began.

On Sunday, June 8, 9 News Australia shared a video on X showing their U.S. correspondent, Lauren Tomasi, being "caught in the crossfire as the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) fired rubber bullets at protesters in the heart" of the city.

Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.

The Special Response Teams (SRTs) are tactical units under ICE that use Bear Cat tracked vehicles, long guns and tactical vests in operations considered high risk. They were used in the raid on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ home, for example. They were most recently used in Los Angeles and are seen as among the reasons protests began.

A flood of falsehoods, including misleading videos, photos, and texts, has turned the Los Angeles immigration protests into ground zero for misinformation. Much of what is on social media is intended to fan the flames,