The ban has been strongly condemned as discriminatory by groups that provide aid and resettlement to refugees, who say it will prevent many people from reuniting with family and jeopardize the safety of those fleeing conflict and persecution in countries such as Afghanistan.

After ICE agents arrested immigrants in LA's fashion district, protests began, and Donald Trump called in the National Guard.

California National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday in a show of force following scattered clashes between immigration agents and protesters and amid a widening political divide between California and the Trump administration.

The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are calling for quick passage of the centerpiece of President Trump's legislative agenda.

California officials have continued to maintain the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members is "unnecessary".

The Los Angeles Police Department declared all of downtown LA an unlawful assembly area Sunday night. State of play: That declaration followed a faceoff between protesters and National Guard members Sunday, a day after President Trump signed a memorandum deploying 2,000 Guard troops to address the protests.

Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.

Dozens of arrests have been made after three days of protests, with the National Guard now patrolling the city.