In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) condemns President Trump’s call to send the National Guard and Marines into Los Angeles amid protests and criticizes the forceful removal of fellow California Sen.

Pa., and Bill Maher agreed that Democrats defending the Los Angeles anti-ICE riots could impact how voters see the party and ultimately benefit President Trump.

The curfew is now in effect in downtown Los Angeles. Many streets across the area are quiet, but there are still many protesters who have lingered in the area. The police have used so-called less lethal munitions and chemical irritants at times in an effort to disperse protesters. Here’s what else to know:

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilization.

President Donald Trump's eventful week included securing a preliminary trade deal with China, deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, and responding to Israel's strikes on Iran.

A federal appeals court temporarily halted a judge's ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from deploying members of the California National Guard in L.A.

U.S. President Donald Trump can keep his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, according to a court ruling, as protests against immigration raids look set to enter their second week in the strongest backlash since his return to power in January.

A large part of President Donald Trump’s justification for the extraordinary mobilization of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles is the idea that violent demonstrators are “paid.”