California will face off with the Trump administration in court on Thursday over the deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major cities to protest President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Days of demonstrations against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled round-the-clock news coverage and a number of misleading social media posts, including unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had conducted several raids across Los Angeles County, which sparked protests. Mr Trump likened them to a “rebellion” and invoked a rarely used statute to deploy at least 2,

Two men are being charged by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for possession of an unregistered destructive device for their alleged roles in LA protest violence, federal prosecutors will announce Wednesday. Emiliano Galvez and Wrackkie Quiogue are both accused of trying to throw Molotov cocktails at police, according to federal prosecutors.

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.