Some 2,000 National Guardsmen will be deployed to Los Angeles to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester,” the president’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt

The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities,

Clashes between immigration authorities and protesters continued for a second day Saturday, this time in Paramount. Border patrol agents used tear gas cannisters to disperse crowds, while protesters threw rocks at their vehicles.