President Donald Trump has sent U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in an effort to quash anti-ICE protests that have ravaged parts of the city on Tuesday. Images from L.A. show masked protesters blocking roads,

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Fort Bragg, the nation's largest military installation.

White House "border czar" Tom Homan said that protests in Los Angeles are complicating immigration raids, making them more "difficult" and more "dangerous."

Trump is begging for a fight on this. He knows what he’s doing so far is working with the American electorate," one data analyst noted

Protests have continued in the Los Angeles area since Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted mass arrests in the area Friday.

4:47 p.m. EDT The Trump administration asked the judge to reject Newsom’s request and allow it to respond by Wednesday, calling Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of federal troops “legally meritless” and saying it would jeopardize the safety of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the government’s ability to carry out operations.

Senators from both sides of the aisle took to responding over President Donald Trump's calling of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

White House officials say that Trump has a mandate to carry out his hard-line immigration policy and that politically, battling it out with a blue state is a winning issue for the administration.