Donald Trump sends thousands more troops to LA to tackle unrest

It comes on the fourth day of unrest in Los Angeles

His latest order sends 2,000 more National Guard troops into the city, as well as around 700 active-duty US Marines.

Protests broke out in LA last week after ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, began conducting immigration raids across the city.

LA has a large number of Latino and foreign-born residents, and the city is now on its fourth day of unrest.

Trump said that those who were protesting the immigration arrests would be "hit harder" than ever.

California governor Gavin Newsom has spoken out against Trump's move to send troops into LA.

He said US Marines "shouldn't be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American."

Newsom has also threatened to sue over the deployment.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, he wrote:  "US Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country – defending democracy. They are not political pawns. The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend. It’s a blatant abuse of power. We will sue to stop this. The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling. This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!"