Tensions in Los Angeles are rising following a host of anti-immigration raids in Los Angeles, with riots going into their fifth day.
President Donald Trump ordered troops in after reports of looting while dozens were arrested as protestors took to the streets.
Here is everything we know:
What sparked the protests?
Protesters and the authorities were embroiled in violent clashes this week, with hordes of demonstrators flocking to the streets against the Trump administration’s immigration raids in the city.
Officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency executed search warrants at multiple locations in Los Angeles on June 9, sparking panic.
People deemed immigrants were arrested in LA's fashion district, in a Home Depot parking lot and at several other locations, with the number of arrests now over 100.
Protests followed, beginning last week and have been intensifying since.
What has happened?
Thousands of California residents blocked off a major road and set self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs in a bid to try and control the crowd.
Around 2,000 National Guard troops went in, less than two days after protests first erupted.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell confirmed 27 arrests had been made Sunday, and warned clashes were “getting increasingly worse and more violent.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom urged Trump to withdraw his order of National Guard officers, and accused him of “acting like a dictator”.
Trump fired back and said the governor and LA Mayor Karen Bass was doing an “absolutely horrible job.”
On Saturday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum to deploy the National Guard to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester", said the White House in a statement.
The deployment resulted in fiery protests, with more than 1,000 people taking to the street following the National Guard’s presence.
Monday saw the authorities fire rubber bullets into the crowd, with one incident of Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi getting shot in the leg while reporting live.
Demonstrations continued into the fourth day on June 10, sparking the deployment of another 2,000 National Guard troops. The Pentagon also confirmed that 700 Marines in the Los Angeles area were activated as part of the federal response.
The protests continued late into the night in LA, while the political tensions worsened between Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom, with the latter officially confirming plans to sue the Trump administration for the deployment of marines.
"US Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country – defending democracy,” he wrote on social media. “They are not political pawns.
"The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend. It’s a blatant abuse of power. We will sue to stop this.”
On its fifth day, LA police said they are making “mass arrests” following the declaration of a curfew for portions of downtown Los Angeles enforced by Mayor Karen Bass.
Ms Bass responded to violence and looting during protests against immigration patrols by enforcing the curfew at 20:00 local time (04:00 BST).
According to the mayor, local businesses have suffered extensive damage, maybe amounting to millions of dollars.
There is resentment on the ground about the deployment of forces, particularly Marines, to monitor the streets.
California Governor Gavin Newsom had earlier claimed that President Donald Trump had “inflamed a combustible situation” by sending out the National Guard.
What has Donald Trump said?
The President has been outspoken about the protestors and vowed to stop the action.
On Sunday he said that there were “violent people” in Los Angeles, "and they’re not gonna get away with it”.
Trump called the demonstrators “violent, insurrectionist mobs” and said he was directing his cabinet officers “to take all such action necessary” to stop the “riots”.
Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, he threatened violence against demonstrators who spit on police or National Guard troops, saying “they spit, we hit”. He did not cite any specific incidents.
“If we see danger to our country and to our citizens, it will be very, very strong in terms of law and order,” he added.
On Tuesday, President Trump vowed to “liberate Los Angeles”.
He told troops at the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina: “Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and third-world lawlessness.”
“What you’re witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags.”
