In an email to CNN, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said two deputies were injured during encounters with protesters on Saturday. The deputies were transferred to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.

The department was not aware of specific injuries to protesters, but said one car, a Hyundai, was burned, and a fire at a strip mall broke out and was quickly extinguished.

CNN has asked for further details on where these incidents took place.

The department also confirmed several people were detained, while one arrest was made – though charges are pending.

“Just to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles,” LA Mayor Karen Bass said on X, minutes after Trump posted on Truth Social.

. Essayli defended Trump’s decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles, saying California Gov. Gavin Newsom “can’t control his state.”

“This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust,” he said.

Newsom, in response, said Hegseth was exhibiting “deranged behavior.”

, despite repeated warnings from police to disperse. At midnight, the LAPD announced several people who re-entered areas of “unlawful assembly” have been detained and some will be “arrested and booked.” It is unclear how many people were detained.

, while officers formed a skirmish line to push people away from the area. Earlier in the evening, protesters in Paramount, southeast of Los Angeles, were throwing objects and exhibiting “violent behavior towards federal agents and deputy sheriffs,” the LASD said in an advisory late Saturday.

President Donald Trump said early Sunday he would ban the use of masks by protesters, after two days of unrest in Los Angeles.

“MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???” the president posted on Truth Social.

ICE officers are allowed to wear masks, however, with the agency’s acting director Todd Lyons saying recently the agents cover up to protect their families.

The oldest component of the United States armed forces, the Army National Guard now consists of 325,000 troops from each of the 50 states plus three territories and the District of Columbia, according to its website.

The Guard performs a unique military role, serving both community and country, the website says, and it’s common to see governors calling upon their state’s Guard to respond to natural disasters.

But its members, especially those with particular skills, can be called on to deploy to conflict zones.

“The Guard responds to domestic emergencies, overseas combat missions, counterdrug efforts, reconstruction missions and more,” its website says.

The website says the Guard is “governor-responsive and ready to defend the homeland anytime and anywhere.”

But in the current case, the Guard has been federalized, meaning the president has taken the rare step of assuming control of its troops, to help quell the Los Angeles immigration protests.

It’s the first time a president has used such power since the 1992 LA riots, sparked by the acquittal of four White police officers in the beating of Black motorist Rodney King.

The Guard’s website notes it is more than 100 years older than the United States itself.

The service traces its roots to 1636, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court ordered the formation of three militias to defend the colony’s interests.

The descendants of those three regiments, now part of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, are considered the oldest units in the US military, the website says.

After enlisting, Guard members undergo 10 weeks of basic training and then four to nine weeks of specialist training.

Once fully onboarded, Guardsmen serve, or “drill,” one weekend a month and two weeks a year, the website says.

A full enlistment can last as little as three years.

President Donald Trump early Sunday praised National Guard troops he federalized in response to immigration protests in Los Angeles though the city’s mayor said in a separate social media post that no Guard troops were in the city.

“Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest,” the president said in a post on Truth Social.

But LA Mayor Karen Bass responded minutes later on X, saying: “Just to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles.”

CNN has seen no evidence that Guard units are on the ground, and a statement from US Northern Command, which would have operational control of any federalized California National Guard troops, said a few hours before Trump’s post that it would provide more information when “units are identified and deployed.”

In his post, Trump said he ordered the deployment of National Guard troops after state and local authorities were “unable to handle the task” of controlling protests against immigration enforcement in Southern California.

In her post, Mayor Bass praised local responders.

“I want to thank LAPD and local law enforcement for their work tonight,” she said.

Bass also thanked California Gov. Gavin Newsom for his support.

Some protesters continued to gather in downtown Los Angeles late into Saturday, despite repeated warnings from police to disperse or risk arrest.

At midnight, the Central Division of the LAPD said on X that multiple people re-entered “the area of Unlawful Assembly” in Alameda near an immigration holding center and have been detained. Those people, police say, will be “arrested and booked.”

Videos obtained by CNN affiliate KABC show officers near the Metropolitan Detention Center forming a skirmish line to push protesters away from the area.

A crowd of protesters was also seen on the corner of First and Alameda streets, targeting patrol cars with hard objects, KABC reported.

At around 11:30 p.m. local time, the Central Division announced that all trains in the area had been suspended due to protester activity on train tracks.

“Officers are responding to the Little Tokyo Train Station,” the Central Division wrote on X.

Japan’s consulate in Los Angeles is advising its nationals to avoid the Little Tokyo neighborhood, as immigration protests roil a nearby detention facility.

Police have detained several people in the downtown area, near an immigration holding center where demonstrators have been gathering over the past day.

“As of 8:30 PM on the 6th, protests against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are ongoing around Los Angeles City Hall and near the detention facility adjacent to Little Tokyo. Please exercise caution and avoid approaching these protest areas,” the consulate said in an email to citizens seen by CNN.

“Since it cannot be ruled out that similar protests will occur over the weekend, Japanese nationals are urged to avoid being caught up in unpredictable situations. Before going out, please stay current with media reports or other sources, and exercise considerable caution by avoiding areas where protests are taking place,” the consulate’s email said.

US Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli issued a stark warning to violent protesters Saturday evening, saying they could be identified by surveillance cameras across the city.

“We’re going to look into the leaders of the operation,” Essayli told CNN affiliate KCBS/KCAL, describing what he claims is a “highly organized, highly coordinated” movement.

Essayli noted demonstrators had the right to protest peacefully, but those who exhibited violent behavior of “throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks” and “injuring officers” would be subject to federal prosecution.

“We will identify you, we will come find you, and we will get you,” he warned.

Earlier in the interview with KCBS/KCAL, Essayli defended President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard, saying that California Gov. Gavin Newsom “can’t control his state.” He added guardsmen were expected to arrive in the next 24 hours or so to restore “peace and order.”

The US military’s Northern Command says it is taking command of the National Guard troops mobilized under orders from President Donald Trump on Saturday.

“The Secretary of Defense directed U.S. Northern Command to assume command of 2,000 California National Guard forces to protect federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area in support of the lead federal agency,” the command said in a statement.

It added that US Marines may also be called up for the protection operation and that more information would be forthcoming when “units are identified and deployed.”

According to its website, US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) was establish in 2002 to provide “command and control” of homeland defense, but forces under its control cannot take direct roles in law enforcement.

“USNORTHCOM plans, organizes and executes homeland defense and civil support missions, but has few permanently assigned forces. The command is assigned forces whenever necessary to execute missions, as ordered by the president or secretary of defense,” its website says.

USNORTHCOM, headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, is also responsible for the better-known North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which, in cooperation with Canada, is tasked with airborne and maritime warning of threats on the continental US, Alaska and Canada.

Police have detained several people in downtown LA, near an immigration holding center where demonstrators have been gathering over the past day.

“Multiple people have been detained for failing to disperse after multiple warnings were issued,” Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Division wrote in a post on X, hours after urging protesters to leave the area.

The LAPD previously issued a dispersal order at the site, near the intersection of Alameda and Temple.

CNN has reached out to the LAPD and Los Angeles Sheriff Department for further details.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said late Saturday that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is exhibiting “deranged behavior” in threatening to send active-duty Marines to Los Angeles to help quell immigration protests.

“This is deranged behavior.”

Hegseth had posted earlier on the social media platform that Marines at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County were on “high alert.”

“Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE,” Hegseth wrote.

“If violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert,” the defense secretary said.

President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles on Saturday marks the first time a US chief executive has used such power since the 1992 LA riots in reaction to the acquittal of four White police officers in the beating of Black motorist Rodney King.

Dozens of people were killed, thousands injured and thousands arrested during several days of rioting in Los Angeles at the time. Damage to property was estimated at more than $1 billion, in one of the worst civil disturbances in US history.

Other federal mobilizations of the National Guard since World War II were made to support enforcement of the expansion of civil rights and ensure public order during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957; the University of Mississippi in 1962; the University of Alabama and Alabama public schools in 1963, according to the National Guard’s website.

Guard units also came under federal control to restore public order during the Detroit riots in 1967, in response to the assassination of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and the New York postal strike in 1970, according to the Guard’s website.

Presidential mobilization of state militias was first authorized by Congress in 1792, in that case to help repel foreign invasions and suppress domestic insurrections, the website says.

The biggest ever federalization of state militias was made by President Abraham Lincoln, when he called up 75,000 troops to fight the Confederacy and later support Reconstruction.

After that, no president federalized state militias until the Detroit riots, according to the website.

The Incident Commander at the Los Angeles Police Department issued a dispersal order at the intersection of Alameda and Temple in downtown Los Angeles late Saturday, just moments after declaring an unlawful assembly in the area.

According to the LAPD’s Central Division, the use of less lethal munitions was authorized after protesters gathered and disrupted traffic in the area – near a detention center where demonstrators have been gathering over the past day.

“You must leave the area. Any person remaining will be arrested. You have 5 minutes to comply,” the Central Division wrote in a post on X around 9 p.m. local time.

In a call for “public calm,” the League of United Latin American Citizens on Saturday released a statement condemning US President Donald Trump’s order to deploy the National Guard against protesters, saying that the move “marks a deeply troubling escalation in the administration’s approach to immigration and civilian reaction to the use of military-style tactics.”

“Sending federalized guard troops to Southern California, without regard for the authority or approval of local or state officials, is a tactic we associate with authoritarian regimes, not the United States,” said Roman Palomares, LULAC’s national president and board chairman.

In response to the administration’s immigration enforcement and subsequent military escalation on Saturday, DC-based advocacy group People’s Action said: “Let’s be clear: The violence is coming from the Trump regime.”

“They want us to play their game and react in ways that they can use to justify further escalations. We are committed to nonviolence, and we are also committed to standing up to this assault,” the group said in a statement released Saturday.

Hina Shamsi, director of the National Security Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a Saturday statement that the deployment is “unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power.”

“By taking this action, the Trump administration is putting Angelenos in danger, creating legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians,” she added.

US President Donald Trump insulted California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday, saying in an X post that his administration had to take action because the state leader and the mayor of Los Angeles are both incapable of stopping immigration protests.

“If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!” Trump said in post on the official White House X account, first posted before he ordered the National Guard to be deployed.

The post was accompanied by pictures of the protests and a portrait of Trump under the banner “LAW AND ORDER.”

A headline under the photos read: “No Mercy for Lawless Riots and Looters.”

Active-duty US Marines at Camp Pendleton are on “high alert” for deployment in reaction to immigration protests in Los Angeles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday.

In a post on X announcing the mobilization of National Guard troops in reaction to the protests, Hegseth said the Marines at the base in Southern California could be called in too if violence continues.

“They are on high alert,” Hegseth said.

The use of the National Guard in stopping protests is usually called by governors in consultation with federal authorities, said CNN senior national security analyst Juliette Kayyem. She added that she thinks the Trump administration’s response to the protests is an extreme overreaction.

She called Hegseth’s suggestion that active-duty troops might be deployed in Los Angeles “a shocker of all shockers.”

“We need an administration that’s not going to get to DefCon 1 (the highest level of US military alerts) every time they see something on TV they don’t like,” Kayyem said.

“Active Marines? That’s just unheard of in the kind of situation we’ve seen,” Kayyem said.

Even the federalization of the 2,000 National Guard troops was “not rational given the threat we’re seeing,” she added.

In his X post, Hegseth said the immigration raids in Los Angeles were targeting individuals who pose “a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.”

“Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE,” Hegseth wrote.

A crowd of protesters in Paramount, southeast of Los Angeles, became “increasingly agitated, throwing objects and exhibiting violent behavior toward federal agents and deputy sheriffs,” the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said in an advisory Saturday night.

In response, the department requested additional resources countywide and deployed additional deputies.

The sheriff’s department emphasized in its statement that it “was not involved in any federal law enforcement operations” and that its response was “focused solely on traffic management and crowd control.”

In a statement, the White House said the defense secretary could “employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions.”

The National Guard will be “essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

The deployment was made “not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,” Newsom wrote on X. One senior law enforcement official told CNN the deployment of the National Guard is an overreaction and may backfire.

The Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday that demonstrations across the city “remained peaceful” though police are “fully prepared to respond swiftly and appropriately to any potential acts of civil unrest.”

Dozens of potentially violent demonstrators were observed by law enforcement outside the LAPD’s jurisdiction Saturday evening. A senior law enforcement source told CNN authorities were actively working to bring them under control.

In Paramount, California, tear gas and flash bangs were used to disperse protests. Four people were arrested on Saturday, according to Assemblymember José Luis Solache.

Protests in and around Los Angeles erupted on Friday after at least 44 people were arrested by federal immigration agents earlier in the day. The arrests come amid Trump’s crackdown on immigration, which has involved waves of raids and deportations across the country.

The White House announced that Donald Trump had signed a memorandum deploying 2,000 members of the National Guard to the Los Angeles area as the president was making his way to fight night.

Trump is attending UFC 316 in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday evening. A longtime UFC supporter and close friend of its CEO, Dana White, the president is sitting cageside at The Octagon, where attendees are awaiting a rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley, among other showdowns.

White and podcast host Joe Rogan were also spotted by reporters traveling with the president, as were Trump family members and close aides. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, White House communications director Steven Cheung and adviser Margo Martin were present. Cheung previously worked for UFC.

The president received a raucous welcome as he walked into the arena and has received a steady stream of greeters, including boxing legend Mike Tyson, UFC athletes and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, according to reporters inside the Prudential Center.

This marks Trump’s second appearance at a UFC event during his second term in office after attending UFC 314 in Miami in April.

Elon Musk, who accompanied Trump to that April fight, was not in attendance Saturday — after the two men became embroiled in a fight of their own.