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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- President Trump is calling for even more expanded deportation operations in several major cities across the country, including Los Angeles.
Trump in a social media posting called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials "to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."
The moves comes after large protests erupted in L.A. and other major cities against the Trump administration's immigration policies.
So far, it's not known how exactly that will impact L.A. But Sunday, at the president's directions, the Department of Homeland Security said it would pause most raids on farms, restaurants and hotels.
The Trump administration has continued widespread immigration enforcement activities -- with a reported goal of up to 3,000 deportations per day.
The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested 575 people related to protest activity since they started earlier this month, police said Sunday, including 14 for looting.
Last week, President Donald Trump deployed 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 Marines to tamp down the disruptive demonstrations while the immigration raids continue.
A federal court hearing is set for Tuesday to determine whether Trump or California Gov. Gavin Newsom will control future National Guard activity going forward. Newsom challenged Trump's decision to federalize the Guard, an action U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said in a ruling last week did not follow congressionally mandated procedure.
His ruling was stayed by a three-judge appellate panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a Trump administration notice of appeal, temporarily keeping the National Guard troops under federal control, at least through Tuesday.
City News Service contributed to this report.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the federal building in downtown Los Angeles for another day of protests against the recent immigration raids.
The group walked from Boyle Heights to the building Thursday afternoon.
The protest was mostly calm, but AIR7 captured a brief moment where tear gas was deployed.
No injuries have been reported.
Mayor Karen Bass took to X Sunday, calling President Trump's deployment of the National Guard "a chaotic escalation."
"The fear people are feeling in our city right now is very real - it's felt in our communities and within our families and it puts our neighborhoods at risk. This is the last thing that our city needs, and I urge protestors to remain peaceful," she wrote.
"I've been in touch this morning with immigrant rights leaders as well as local law enforcement officials. Los Angeles will always stand with everyone who calls our city home."
White House border czar Tom Homan told NBC News' Jacob Soboroff that federal immigration raids will continue in Los Angeles, despite demonstrators clashing with law enforcement.
NOTE: The interview took place before Pres. Trump deployed the National Guard to L.A.
When asked what's different, as the National Guard has never been deployed in that manner by the president, Homan warned that ongoing violent rhetoric could lead to loss of life.
"The protesters are purposely trying to overwhelm law enforcement," he said. "President Trump's bringing in the National Guard again. I want to be clear, not just to protect the law enforcement officers, to protect this community, because people are going to get, I'm telling you, the rhetoric is so high against ICE officers in this city, it's a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt."
He continued, "If this rhetoric continues, this violence continues, someone's going to lose their life. It's an anti-Trump agenda, an anti-ICE agenda, and they're going to keep coming, but we got help coming, and we're going to do our job, continue doing that job."
Homan also said that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass could face federal charges if their response to ICE raids exceeds legal boundaries.
"I'll say about anybody: you cross that line, it's a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal on illegal alien. It's a felony to impede law enforcement from doing their job," Homan said.
When asked if Bass is crossing the line, Homan suggested it was a warning.
"If she crosses that line, we'll ask the DOJ to prosecute," Homan said. "Do I think she's crossing? I don't think she crossed the line yet, but I'm telling you, the warning we're signing is we're not going to tolerate people attacking our officers."
During an interview with FOX News, Homan also suggested that Attorney General Pam Bondi was considering charges against officials who supported the protests when asked.
"I think Pam Bondi, the Department of Justice is looking at that and, you know, like I said many times, these elected officials or these non-government organizations, they can't cross the line either. I mean, we got people like, you know, Hakeem Jeffries saying he's going to dox ICE employees," Homan said.
ABC News contributed to this report.
The U.S. Northern Command has confirmed that National Guard troops are on the ground in L.A.
The California National Guard 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) "has deployed approximately 300 soldiers to 3 separate locations in the greater Los Angeles area," the U.S. Northern Command posted on X.
"They are conducting safety and protection of federal property & personnel," the post added.
The announcement came about an hour after a previous post confirming that the deployment had begun, noting that "additional information will be provided as units are identified and deployed."
The U.S. Northern Command's mission is to "provide command and control of Department of Defense homeland defense efforts and to coordinate defense support of civil authorities," according to its official website.
ABC News contributed to this report.
