President Donald Trump has built his presidency around stretching the bounds of presidential authority, and his response to protests over an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles is no exception.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the administration's mobilization of the National Guard and members of the Marine Corps to Los Angeles amid ongoing immigration protests.

Protests in Los Angeles appeared to quiet overnight, but new ones are popping up in other cities. Trump has deployed more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the protests.

HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”

LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump 's administration is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles County, FOX News reports. During the broadcast of FOX News' "The Big Weekend Show," U.S. border czar Tom Homan said the National Guard will be brought in at some point Saturday night.

The progressive grassroots organization Indivisible is behind the No Kings movement, partnering with groups like the ACLU and Human Rights Campaign. Two months after the nationwide Hands Off! demonstrations on April 5 and just days after the start of rallies taking place in Los Angeles to protest the actions of U.