From coast to coast, demonstrators are protesting President Trump's immigration crackdown. NBC News' David Noriega and Julia Ainsley report more. Former ICE Chief of Staff Jason Houser joins Ana Cabrera to react to Marines and National Guard troops being deployed to monitor the protests.

On Tuesday, the X page for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted photos of California National Guardsmen on the scene of a detention being carried out by an ICE agent with the caption "Photos from today's ICE Los Angeles immigration enforcement operation."

The peaceful protest began shortly after 6 p.m. and soon tripled in size as people congregated in front of a road closure, occupied by at least six members of the California National Guard on

Videos and photographs of Wednesday raids across the country show people clashing with, running from and being arrested by immigration agents.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move "purposefully inflammatory" and one that "will only escalate tensions."

A peaceful protest by hundreds of people in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday evening calling for an end to immigration enforcement raids escalated into confrontations with law enforcement.