Sen. Alex Padilla was removed from a Los Angeles news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, while a federal judge weighed the merits of military deployments on Thursday.

By Brad Brooks LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Federal forces will continue their immigration crackdown in an effort to "liberate" Los Angeles, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem,

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

Immigration raids have fueled days of protests, resulting in hundreds of arrests in Los Angeles as demonstrations have spread across the nation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to stop the National Guard and Marines from aiding immigration raids in Los Angeles, amid ongoing state and federal immigration policy disputes in other Democratic-led states.

A federal court hearing is scheduled on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles.

Undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families are learning how to assert themselves — and prepare for worst-case scenarios.