President Donald Trump has contemplated invoking the Insurrection Act to use the military for domestic law enforcement nationwide.

California officials insisted they could maintain order and blamed federal immigration raids and military deployments for raising tensions, as President Trump defended his decision to send troops to Los Angeles after protests over immigration turned violent.

Protests have continued in the Los Angeles area since Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted mass arrests in the area Friday.

White House "border czar" Tom Homan said that protests in Los Angeles are complicating immigration raids, making them more "difficult" and more "dangerous."

Trump is begging for a fight on this. He knows what he’s doing so far is working with the American electorate," one data analyst noted

Protesters and police are facing off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests have occurred across the country. Follow for live updates

About 700 Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area early Tuesday under orders from President Trump, following four consecutive days of protests over federal immigration enforcement. Here's a timeline of how the protests have unfolded in multiple locations around L.

White House officials say that Trump has a mandate to carry out his hard-line immigration policy and that politically, battling it out with a blue state is a winning issue for the administration.