Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that Los Angeles does not need National Guard troops to bolster city police amid protests against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, despite violent incidents.

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.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that her city doesn’t “need” the military following President Trump’s recent deployment of military troops to Los Angeles amid immigration protests. “We

Mayor Karen Bass and legislators oppose Trump's planned immigration raids and military presence in Los Angeles.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump is "escalating the situation" by sending troops to L.A., adding fuel to the feud between the two

Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.

The development comes a day after an appeals court temporarily blocked a judge’s order that directed President Trump to return control of the California National Guard.