National Guard troops arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning after being ordered into the city by President Trump in response to a weekend of violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters triggered by immigration enforcement operations in the area on Friday.

Protesters blocked a highway and set several cars on fire in Los Angeles after Trump sent National Guard troops to the city.

Some 2,000 National Guardsmen will be deployed to Los Angeles to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester,” the president’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt