Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

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

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city on Sunday, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

By Brad Brooks, Jorge Garcia, Phil Stewart and Idrees AliLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who defended the deployment as he sought to quell protests in the city despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

California has challenged the administration’s move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Some polls suggest Trump's clashes with Elon Musk and aggressive response to immigration protests in Los Angeles have not weakened his standing.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

The military parade coincides with President Donald Trump’s birthday, but faces opposition from planned protests, which organizers are dubbing a “national day of defiance.”

Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.