Police in Los Angeles fired less-lethal munitions and pushed protesters as demonstrations heated up on June 9.

Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was shot with a rubber bullet by police during protests as Trump deployed troops to the city.

Protests in Los Angeles continued to escalate late Monday, after the first contingent of National Guard troops, deployed by President Donald Trump, arrived to the city on Sunday. Late Monday news broke that Trump planned to deploy additional National Guard members to quell violent protests.

Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on President Donald Trump’s dealings with California Gov. Gavin Newsom amid the protests in Los Angeles on ‘The Story.’

A relative state of calm in Los Angeles began to crumble early Sunday afternoon as demonstrators confronted federal authorities guarding a downtown detention facility where chaos erupted as National Guard soldiers deployed tear gas on an increasingly agitated crowd.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.