"I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities," the task force leader told reporters.

A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state.

President Donald Trump's deployment of L.A. will be “the first, perhaps, of many,” he told reporters this week.

Those sweeps are part of a directive from President Trump to find immigrants living in the United States without legal status. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a Tuesday news conference said a rally is planned for Tuesday night but that it is not expected to be as large as the protests in recent days,

A U.S. Northern Command spokesman said the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines were expected to head out by trucks to Los Angeles Monday night.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," and said it would "only escalate tensions."