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.
A couple got engaged in front of a police line during a "No Kings" protest in Los Angeles on Saturday, video shows.
The video, taken by CalMatters reporter Sergio Olmos, shows a woman showing off her ring as she's picked up by her fiancé. Armed police - some on horseback - are seen lined up a couple of feet behind the couple.
For the first time since protests against immigration raids started in Los Angeles, the LAPD made no arrests on Sunday night, according to the agency.
Since June 7, LAPD has made 575 arrests related to protest activity. The agency says it remains on a city-wide tactical alert.
President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration's immigration policies.
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."
He added that to reach the goal officials "must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside."
Trump's declaration comes after weeks of increased enforcement, and after Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and main architect of Trump's immigration policies, said ICE officers would target at least 3,000 arrests a day, up from about 650 a day during the first five months of Trump's second term.
At the same time, the Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, after Trump expressed alarm about the impact aggressive enforcement is having on those industries, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids have been flaring up around the country.
Opponents of Trump's immigration policies took to the streets as part of the "no kings" demonstrations Saturday that came as Trump held a massive parade in Washington for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
Saturday's protests were mostly peaceful, but police in Los Angeles used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to clear out protesters after the event ended.
Officers in Portland, Oregon, also fired tear gas and projectiles to disperse a crowd that protested in front of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building well into the evening.
Trump made the call for stepped-up enforcement in Democratic-controlled cities on social media as he was making his way to the Group of Seven economic summit in Alberta, Canada.
He suggested to reporters as he departed the White House for the G7 on Sunday evening that his decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles was the reason the protests in that city went peacefully.
"If we didn't have the National Guard on call and ready, they would rip Los Angeles apart," Trump said.
The shift also comes as Trump is grappling with the impact his mass deportation effort is having on key industries that rely on workers in the country illegally.
Trump posted on his Truth Social site Thursday that he heard from hotel, agriculture and leisure industries that his "very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them" and promised that changes would be made.
That same day, Tatum King, an official with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit, wrote to regional leaders telling them to halt investigations of the agriculture industry, including meatpackers, as well as of restaurants and hotels, according to the U.S. official.
Small demonstrations and protests continued in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday after Saturday's "No Kings" rally drew tens of thousands of attendees.
Before Sunday's curfew went into effect, there were protests at City Hall and a few blocks away at Pershing Square.
Adrian Guerrero, with the group "Dare to Struggle," organized the rally in Pershing Square. Dozens of people gathered and called for the end of the ICE raids.
"We intend to continue standing with those people who are coming under attack, whether they are our immigrant brothers and sisters, or all those who are facing charges," Guerrero said.
A few people were arrested during the "No Kings" rally Saturday for failing to disperse, obstruction, and resisting. According to LAPD, 35 people were cited Saturday for breaking the 8 p.m. curfew.
Since the daily demonstrations began on June 7 to protest federal immigration raids in the Los Angeles area, the LAPD has arrested 561 people related to protest activity, according to the department. Twelve officers have been injured, police added. Further details about the extent of their injuries were not immediately available.
Sunday marks the fifth day of the curfew in a one-mile section of downtown. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she will re-evaluate the need for the curfew and its effectiveness each day.
After Sunday night's curfew went into effect, Eyewitness News spotted a lot of empty chairs at restaurants downtown.
The curfew's impact on businesses has been significant.
Alex Duarte manages The Oyster Gourmet at Grand Central Market. He says he's lost half his sales for the week.
"We're hurting. We all have cut hours. We also have to pay rent. We still have bills to pay here. Nobody's coming down here," Duarte said.
City News Service contributed to this report.
