Protests have rocked Los Angeles since last Friday (Jun 6) as federal agents faced off against hundreds of demonstrators following immigration raids.

Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to the city, a rare deployment that goes against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has called it "purposely inflammatory" and unlawful.

This is what we know so far about the clashes in the United States' second-largest city.

HOW THE PROTESTS STARTED AND GREW

Trump has made clamping down on illegal migration a key goal for his second term in office.

Officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency executed search warrants at multiple locations in Los Angeles on Jun 9, and arrested immigrants in LA's fashion district, in a

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