What we know about the Los Angeles immigration raids and protests

Tensions in Los Angeles are escalating after Donald Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to tackle protests against his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Writing on Truth Social on Sunday evening as protesters clashed with federal officers, the US president said: "Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!." More than 100 suspected illegal immigrants have been detained in the city by federal officers after three days of demonstrations.

How did the protests start? Demonstrations broke out in southern California after federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) carried out raids across Los Angeles. Two Home Depots and a clothing wholesaler were among the locations targeted, with workers suspected of being illegal immigrants detained.

Over the weekend, the DHS said ICE arrested 118 immigrants in LA, including 44 people on Friday. Read more: Downtown LA is a scene of pandemonium and lawlessness The first protests broke out on Friday at the sites of the raids in downtown Los Angeles, before spreading on Saturday to Paramount - a heavily Latino city south of LA - and neighbouring Compton.

Crowds tried to stop federal agents from driving away by throwing bins at vehicles and blocking the roads. Since taking office for the second time in January, Mr Trump has signed several executive orders on the mass deportation of immigrants.

He's pledged to deport record numbers of people who have entered the country illegally and lock down the US-Mexico border, setting ICE a goal of arresting at least 3,000 migrants a day. As a result, raids have ramped up, with several being reported across the US this year.

Why did Trump deploy the National Guard? On Saturday, Mr Trump ordered the deployment of at least 2,000 National Guard troops to LA - invoking a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal service members when there is "a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority" of the US government. California Governor Gavin Newsom called Mr Trump's order "purposefully inflammatory" and warned it would "only escalate tensions.