The Trump administration sued Los Angeles claiming its sanctuary city ordinance helped fuel riots during protests against the president’s deportation crackdown, prompting the US to send in national guard troops.

The Trump Administration is suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies that limit the city’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, claiming that they led to “lawlessness” when thousands of people took to the streets earlier this month to protest the President’s mass-deportation operation.

The Justice Department lawsuit aims to end "sanctuary" policies in Los Angeles and elsewhere that refuse to cooperate on immigration enforcement.