Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) said Sunday that her city doesn’t “need” the military following President Trump’s recent deployment of military troops to Los Angeles amid immigration protests.

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

Mayor Karen Bass and legislators oppose Trump's planned immigration raids and military presence in Los Angeles.

Steve Woolford has been a resource counselor with the GI Rights Hotline for two decades and says the hotline has been receiving more calls than usual.

U.S. Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will take over protecting the Wilshire federal building in the coming hours, the head of the military's efforts in the city said on Friday.

After a week of protests over federal immigration raids, about 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property and personnel, a military commander said Friday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman,

President Donald Trump said "Los Angeles was safe and sound for the ... Anthony Zinni, former head of U.S. Central Command, told Military.com on Thursday. "It's not something that they are ready ...

could feed into fears over the politicization of the military amid the ongoing crisis in Los Angeles. Critics of the administration also expressed unease over their presence in an American city ...

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

Reuters images showed Marines apprehending a civilian, restraining his hands with zip ties and then handing him over to civilians from the Department of Homeland Security.