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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.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in Los Angeles held a press conference Thursday to deliver remarks following days of anti-ICE protests across the region.
You can watch it live here starting at 11 a.m.
National Guard troops sent to the Los Angeles area in response to anti-ICE protests are staging at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, AIR7 video shows.
On Thursday morning, AIR7 flew over rows of tents set up on the grass at the base.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit this week, saying President Trump overstepped his authority when he federalized the California National Guard and deployed U.S. Marines.
Trump has deployed 4,100 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to L.A.following days of protests in small pockets of Los Angeles and Orange County.
In addition to the California National Guard soldiers on duty and stationed in Los Alamitos, another 700 Marines are staging at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.
Both will be performing the same operations after completing two days of training on civil unrest training and how to control crowds.
National Guard troops were seen in a residential area of East Los Angeles during an apparent FBI raid Thursday morning.
AIR7 was over the scene around 6:30 a.m. as the guardsmen blocked off several streets in the area.
At least two people were seen being detained, but they were later released.
Additional details about the nature of the operation were not available. No ICE agents were visible.
A hearing is set for Thursday over Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to stop troops from coming to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE protests.
A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco will hear arguments from California and the federal government starting at 1:30 p.m.
The hearing comes after Newsom filed an emergency motion Wednesday requesting the court's intervention following President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the area.
President Trump's deployment is raising a host of legal questions regarding what he can and can't do with regards to the military on U.S. soil.
California leaders claim Trump inflamed the protests by sending in the military when it was not necessary, and did so illegally.
"The order we are seeking would invalidate the unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, and ensure that they are under the command of their actual commander-in-chief... Governor Gavin Newsom," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. "It would also restrict the Marines to appropriate activities while in Los Angeles."
Newsom argues the situation, which has been relatively confined to a few square blocks in downtown Los Angeles, doesn't justify the use of Section 12406 in Title 10, which Trump invoked to send the National Guardsmen.
ABC News contributed to this report.
