Marines are now on duty in Los Angeles for the first time.
Tensions are escalating between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to grip Los Angeles and spread to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Texas, and other cities.
Trump deployed about 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against Newsom's wishes.
A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the National Guard to Newsom, dealing the administration a temporary reprieve to what would have been a major reversal of its policy on the protests.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined officials from the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to address the ongoing protests in the city.
The governor said the protests have been "provoked by chaos from Washington."
"We’re here to keep the peace — not play into Trump’s political games," Newsom wrote alongside a photo of the meeting.
Amid the chaotic scenes of burning vehicles and protesters flooding the 101 freeway, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was visibly frustrated and disappointed with the situation unfolding in Los Angeles, saying, "Our city does not need to be torn apart."
Bass revealed during a press conference Sunday that she has been talking to the federal administration for days, trying to discourage the deployment of the National Guard in L.A., saying it would create chaos.
"Deploying federalized troops is a dangerous escalation, but we need to be real about this. This is about another agenda. It's not about public safety. There's clearly no plan, and there is clearly no policy," said Bass.
The mayor also condemned the violence that has stemmed from the protests.
"If you are going to entertain violence, if you are going to try to take over a freeway, then you are going to suffer the consequences of doing that," said Bass.
-ABC News' Tristan Maglunog and Amanda Morris
A Waymo vehicle, which is an autonomous driving car, was seen covered in graffiti and engulfed in flames in downtown Los Angeles as protests continue.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris took to social media on Sunday to denounce President Donald Trump's administration's response to the ongoing immigration protests in Los Angeles, calling it a "cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division."
"Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos," Harris wrote on X.
"In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division," the former presidential candidate added.
-ABC News' Amanda Morris
