Good evening. I'm John Yang.

In Los Angeles, quiet streets have greeted the first of 2,000 National Guard troops sent by President Trump in response to two days of clashes between protesters and immigration officers.

Demonstrators had gathered at places around the city where officers were carrying out raids, some of them throwing things.

Authorities used pepper spray and flashbang grenades to try to restore order.

In a memo to the Pentagon and the Attorney General, Mr. Trump said he was acting under a rarely

used law because the demonstrations constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the

government of the United States.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, objected saying on social media that the guards' presence will escalate tensions and erode public trust.

Democratic Representative Nanette Barrigan represents Paramount, California, a heavily

Latino city where there were clashes yesterday at a Home Depot.

Representative, thanks for joining us.

What do you think accounts for the fact that things are calm now?

I haven't seen any immigration activity today and raids like we saw in the last couple of days.

So I think that that is a factor.

But look, you know, people are afraid. They're worried. They're concerned. I think that's why you're seeing the protest.

They are protesting mass deportations. And what this administration has been doing for the last

several months, whether it's trampling on due process, just deporting people.

There is no targeted effort to actually find serious criminal offenders.

And that is what you're seeing people protest.

It's saying, get out of our communities.

And what's your reaction to the president sending in the National Guard?

Well, I think this is, I think the governor's right.

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