When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.

Protests over the immigration crackdown have been held in major cities throughout the U.S. in recent days. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joined fellow Democratic mayors across the country Wednesday in calling for an end to the raids, which she called a provocation by the White House.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in hundreds of cities on Saturday during the military parade in Washington for the Army’s 250th anniversary after a week of protests across the country against his immigration policies.

President Trump Thursday admitted Thursday that his immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and hotel owners that widely rely on undocumented immigrants for low-wage labor.

Protests will take place against the backdrop of a parade in Washington D.C. on June 14—Flag Day and the president's birthday.

But voters nationwide are giving him some of his best marks on immigration policy. In a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted June 4-6, 54% of Americans said they approved of Trump's deporation policy,

Trump’s trip comes as he faces criticism over deploying military in an attempt to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.

In a move that has prompted division, Trump ordered the California National Guard to quell the immigration protests, moving to deploy 2,000 soldiers to the Los Angeles area. “Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence,