California officials have continued to maintain the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members is "unnecessary".

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.

Video of the incident released by 9News shows correspondent Lauren Tomasi, microphone in hand, reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raises their firearm and fires a nonlethal round at close range.

Local agencies have tried to make clear that they are not involved in civil immigration enforcement, but that when protests turn violent, they will intervene.

California officials have continued to maintain the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members is "unnecessary".

The Los Angeles Police Department declared all of downtown LA an unlawful assembly area Sunday night. State of play: That declaration followed a faceoff between protesters and National Guard members Sunday, a day after President Trump signed a memorandum deploying 2,000 Guard troops to address the protests.

The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.

Federal immigration authorities arrested 44 people Friday across Los Angeles, prompting clashes outside at least one location as law enforcement threw flash bangs to try to disperse a crowd that had gathered to protest the detentions.