Los Angeles police order immigration protesters downtown to go home

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass blamed the Trump administration for inciting tension by sending in the Guard. She also condemned protesters after some burned cars and hurled bottles at police

Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles following last night's immigration raid protest. Picture: Jae C. Hong/AP

Los Angeles braced for another day of unrest on Monday over US president Donald Trump's immigration policies, after police declared the city's downtown an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home.

California officials pushed back at the deployment of National Guard troops by the White House, saying they were unnecessary and had only inflamed the situation. Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to sue the federal government.