A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over Los Angeles, where questions remain over the role that Marines and National Guard troops will play after being called in by President Donald Trump amid protests over immigration raids in the city.

White House "border czar" Tom Homan said that protests in Los Angeles are complicating immigration raids, making them more "difficult" and more "dangerous."

From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against ICE and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.

The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are calling for quick passage of the centerpiece of President Trump's legislative agenda.

HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in three locations across L.A., where dozens of people were taken into custody. Newsom called the raids “chaotic federal sweeps” that aimed to fill an “arbitrary arrest quota.”

This year’s BET Awards are scheduled to go on Monday night even as protests against immigration raids continue in Los Angeles, California.

Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range.

California sued the Trump administration to block deployment of the National Guard and the Marines, arguing that it violates federal law and state sovereignty.