Those sweeps are part of a directive from President Trump to find immigrants living in the United States without legal status. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a Tuesday news conference said a rally is planned for Tuesday night but that it is not expected to be as large as the protests in recent days,

Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city on Sunday, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

Amid the immigration protests in Los Angeles, President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom attacked each other in public and on social media. California sued the Trump administration, saying they overstepped by deploying the National Guard without the governor's permission.