President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

The move comes after 700 Marines were ordered to deploy to Los Angeles, where National Guard troops already are.

The Trump administration announced it’ll be deploying an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles as the city enters its fourth night of violent anti-ICE riots.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are standing by the decision to send 700 Marines and thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles. NBC News Correspondents David Noriega and Melanie Zanona report more.

State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.

Gavin Newsom’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED,” the court wrote in a short order tonight after the White House and DOJ came up short this afternoon in their bid