The administration said it has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, stressing that sweeps should focus on people in the U.S. illegally who have criminal backgrounds.

When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would issue an immigration order "soon," following a social media post earlier on Thursday in which he cited labor issues in the farm and hotel industries stemming from his immigration crackdown.

President Trump is not my king. He’s my president,” Orange County, Calif., resident Evelyn Jones said she’s been telling anti-Trump protesters in Huntington Beach. She said she engaged in several conversations across the aisle Saturday,

In cases of so-called notario fraud, scammers pose as immigration lawyers to extract large sums from people who are confused about what a notary public does in the United States.

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

The Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement.

Protests, worker education, and lawsuits are just a few of the ways unions are preparing to advocate against the administration.

Sectors including construction, hospitality, health care and manufacturing are on high alert. Economists are worried about the labor market and growth.