As it happened: National Guard on ground at Los Angeles immigration protests

The aggressive enforcement push, in addition to long-simmering tensions between Trump and California, contributed to a fraught weekend in LA, where protests became violent at times.

It is the first time since 1965 that a president has deployed a National Guard without a request by a state governor. Audio

Helmeted riot police used tear gas, pepper spray and "flash-bang" concussion rounds in a tense confrontation with protesters, after a day of federal immigration raids.

It comes as the US President has pledged to deport record numbers of people who are in the country illegally and lock down the US-Mexico border.

It comes as the US President has pledged to deport record numbers of people who are in the country illegally and lock down the US-Mexico border.

Migrants who entered the United States legally have been arrested outside an immigration court and detained by federal police.