Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country

President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is the latest in a long history of U.S. elected officials sending troops in hopes of thwarting unrest connected to civil rights protests.

The Los Angeles Police Department said on Sunday (June 8) that it would not have deployed the National Guard to quell the unrest that has flooded the city, and that the troops' involvement was directed ‘top down’ from President Donald Trump’s orders.