President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles late on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be "hit harder" than ever.

Trump's extraordinary mobilisation of 700 full-time professional military personnel - and thousands of National Guard troops - came on the fourth day of street protests triggered by dozens of immigration arrests in a city with huge foreign-born and Latino populations.

California Governor Gavin Newsom slammed the move, posting on X that US Marines "shouldn't be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American."

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Throughout the day, President Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom have been exchanging jabs through their social media accounts.

Here's a breakdown of the things they've said to and about each other:

Trump calls Newsom "incompetent"

In a post to his Truth Social account, Trump says LA would be "obliterated" without him.

"The very incompetent “Governor,” Gavin Newscum, and “Mayor,” Karen Bass, should be saying, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR.""

Newsom hits back after Trump calls for his arrest

Trump told reporters he thought it would be “great” if Newsom was arrested.

Newsom responded on social media, calling it an “unmistakable step toward authoritarianism”.

Earlier, when Trump border czar Tom Homan threatened the same thing, Newsom didn't mince his words: “Arrest me,” he said. “Let’s get it over, tough guy.”

“If they spit, we will hit"

Trump accused Newsom of inspiring the riots and spitting in the faces of the National Guard.

"I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before," he said in a Truth Social post.

Newsom says Trump is acting like a dictator

In a post on X, Newsom says Trump's activation of Marines in LA is a "deranged fantasy".

He continued by saying Trump is a "dictatorial president. This is un-American."

Newsom tells Trump to 'grow up'

Newsom used the words to caption an interview clip in which he said Trump should, "Arrest me. Get it over with".

On Saturday, Trump's border tsar, Tom Homan, threatened to arrest individuals who obstruct the immigration enforcement effort.

Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News, Sydney

Footage showing a police officer turning their gun towards a news camera and firing, striking an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet, has been making headlines here.

Channel Nine's Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg while reporting on the unrest in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the footage "horrific" and said there was "no ambiguity" that Ms Tomasi was a journalist.

"We have already raised these issues with the US administration. We don't find it acceptable that it occurred," he said in a speech on Tuesday.

He added that he had spoken with Ms Tomasi, who has told local media she is sore and bruised.

"She's going OK. She's pretty resilient," Albanese said.

A British news photographer underwent emergency surgery after he was also shot in the leg with a non-lethal bullet on Sunday.

If you're just joining us, here's what you need to know:

• Protests in Los Angeles against ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who have been conducting immigration raids to deport non-legal residents are now in their fourth day

• US President Donald Trump has deployed another wave of 2,000 National Guard officers as well as 700 marines in response to the protests, a move that led California Governor Gavin Newsom to call the president "deranged" and "dictatorial"

• Newsom has taken Trump to court, saying he has violated the constitution for sending the National Guard before seeking his approval
• Rubber bullets, stun grenades and other non-lethal weapons have been used against the protesters
• Mayor Karen Bass has accused Trump of causing chaos, noting that raids are still ongoing while his former aide Steve Bannon says she should be arrested
• New rallies are starting up across the US against the immigration authorities

Image source, Reuters

A former National Guard officer has criticised Trump for deploying the force in LA.

The National Guards are "not needed" there, retired Lt. Gen Russel Honoré has told the BBC Newsday's Steve Lai.

Honoré calls this "an escalation that's being perpetrated by the White House to be able to deploy federal troops anytime, anywhere in America."

"There are 10 million people in LA County and we're talking about two small areas with maybe at best a few thousand protesters in each area.

"We get more, bigger protests or civil activities when the Dodgers win the World series," he adds.

The Mexican flag, flying across LA, means more than a countrypublished at 05:38 British Summer Time 10 June

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Leire Ventas
BBC Mundo, Los Angeles

Image source, Reuters

The Mexican flag has been an iconic symbol in the protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Various iterations of it, at times combined with the US flag, have been carried by those protesting peacefully - but also when some streets in LA turned violent.

Vice-President JD Vance and other Trump officials are no fans of the flags, dismissing those demonstrators as “insurrectionists waving foreign flags”.

Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, called out “foreign nationals, waving foreign flags, rioting and obstructing federal law enforcement attempting to expel illegal foreign invaders” in a post in X on Sunday.

But for many of the protesters who are Mexican-American and US citizens by birth right, the flag signifies pride in their heritage.

“It represents family, identity, culture”, Alexandro J. Gradilla, an associate professor and chair of the Chicana/o Studies Department at California State University, Fullerton, told me.

“It is a reflection of people having a sense of history and community, and people see that flag as something beyond representing a country”.

Peter Hoskins
Business reporter, Singapore

Image source, Getty

Photos of vehicles engulfed in flames were some of the most striking images to come out of the protests in Los Angeles yesterday.

The BBC understands that five vehicles operated by Google-owned robotaxi firm Waymo were vandalised during the unrest. The company does not believe it was intentionally targeted.

For now, it is still offering services in the city - but removed its cars from the downtown area yesterday and is still not operating there.

Meanwhile, Waymo is still operating in San Francisco but is understood to not be providing services in areas where protesters may be gathering.

Alex Lederman
Reporting from Los Angeles

A group of protesters has entered into a tense standoff with police in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo area.

We saw one demonstrator throw a bottle at officers and another set off fireworks directed at police.

We’ve heard stunt grenades fired by authorities and have read reports that they fired pepper balls at protesters.

Police have declared this an unlawful assembly.

A huge line of additional police cars arrived as reinforcements blaring sirens. Extra officers on foot wielding batons have assembled too.

Police from several surrounding counties are here, alongside California Highway Patrol. Los Angeles County called for backup last night.

Police moved in on protesters on Monday, firing rubber bullets at crowds, which were seen dispersing through LA streets.

Watch the video below:

Image source, FBI

A man who allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement vehicles during protests in Paramount, California has landed on the FBI's most wanted list.

The agency is asking for the public's help in identifying the man for "assaulting a federal officer" and "damaging government property'.

The suspect is pictured in photos wearing a cap and bandana across his face and climbing on top of a car.

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the individual, saying he is considered "armed and dangerous".

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he "will sue" over the deployment of US marines to LA.

As we reported earlier, Newsom and California's Attorney General Rob Bonta have already sued the Trump administration for deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles without Newsom's authorisation.

In a post on X a short while ago, Newsom wrote, "US Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country – defending democracy. They are not political pawns. The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend. It’s a blatant abuse of power. We will sue to stop this. The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling. This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!"

BBC correspondent Carl Nasman moved with the national guard and police as media were kept a safe distance from the protest frontline.

Nasman said for the first time on Monday he had seen authorities use stun grenades and other non-lethal weapons.

Watch the clip below:

Image source, Joel Angel Juarez via Reuters

We are now following protests being held in Austin and Dallas, Texas to show solidarity with LA.

In Austin, a large crowd of more than 100 people marched to the JJ Pickle Federal Building which is being used as an ICE facility.

They held signs, flags and chanted slogans of "no more ICE" in a standoff with police.

There were some reports of vandalism when the crowd reached the federal building.

Austin police declared an unlawful assembly and told protestors they would be arrested or subject to "chemical agents" if they didn't leave.

Police later used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

In Dallas, an estimated group of 400 people gathered at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in what was largely a peaceful crowd, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Protests against immigration raids and mass deportations have erupted in cities across the US after the National Guard was deployed to LA.

People have gathered for marches in places from Tampa, Florida to Boston, Massachusetts to Houston, Texas.

Christal Hayes and Max Matza
Reporting from Los Angeles

As we continue to watch protests over immigration enforcement, we're getting news that immigration raids are going on in LA.

LA Mayor Karen Bass said she was aware of at least "five raids by ICE throughout the region" today alone - including one near her grandson's school.

Police in Santa Ana, a city about 30 miles (48 kilometres) southeast of LA in Orange County, confirmed that immigration authorities were conducting "enforcement actions" in the city today.

"We acknowledge that this news causes fear and uncertainty to many in our community," a statement from police says.

Local media reported protests were currently underway in the city over the operations.

Alex Lederman
Reporting from Los Angeles

Police have continued marching protesters forward, but they’ve now held back the row of media well behind the demonstrators.

We watched as the dozens of police cars following the officers on foot passed us by.

They’re now pushing us backwards in the other direction, further away from the protesters.

As police have passed various intersections, motorcycles have stayed behind blocking them off.

In a post on X just over the last few moments, US Vice-President JD Vance doubles down on the deployment of troops to crack down on protests against immigration raids in LA.

"This administration will not be intimidated by lawlessness," Vance says. "President Trump will not back down."

Trump has authorised the deployment of another 2,000 National Guards troops earlier today.

His message comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom is taking the Trump administration to court over the troops.

Alex Lederman
Reporting from Los Angeles

After a tense 45-minute standoff, police have started moving to clear protesters outside the Federal Building.

We’ve heard loud bangs as they pressed forward.

Police fired stun grenades as they moved forward to push protesters back.

The National Guard on the steps have moved down to street level, still holding riot shields.

Defiant protesters are backing up, still waving flags in front of the first row of officers.

Protesters then began marching forward on police down a perpendicular street, chanting “Peaceful protest.”

Police are backing up as protesters move forward down this street.

We are behind the row of police. They are telling us and other media to back up and move to the side walk as they move backwards.

Earlier we reported California Governor Gavin Newsom saying that Trump was deploying another 2,000 National Guard troops to LA.

That has just been confirmed by the Trump administration.

The Pentagon's chief spokesman Sean Parnell has confirmed another 2,000 National Guardsmen have been federalised to head to Los Angeles.

"At the order of the President, the Department of Defense is mobilising an additional 2,000 California National Guard to be called into federal service to support ICE (and) to enable federal law-enforcement officers to safely conduct their duties," Parnell says.

LA Mayor Karen Bass now says that there was "nothing happening in our city" that warranted the immigration raids that sparked these protests.

"It makes me feel like our city is a test case," she says, as the federal government "moves in and takes authority" from the local government.

She adds that the Trump administration's description of Los Angeles as a "migrant invasion" was "despicable".

"We need to come together and not accept this, not be divided," Bass says. "We have always embraced being a city of migrants."