LA protests: Newsom says Trump 'deranged' as thousands more troops deployed

Protests against immigration raids by the Trump administration spring up in at least nine other US cities.

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Some 700 US Marines have been deployed to the LA area and the contingent of National Guard troops mobilised to help quell the disorder has been doubled to 4,000.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the move was fulfilling "the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial president".

The state is suing the president for sending in troops without the governor's permission. It is highly unusual for the American military to have any domestic law enforcement role.

At least four Mexican nationals detained in LA since Friday have already been deported back to Mexico, the country's foreign affairs office announced on Monday.