This comes days after a lower court ruled that the president unlawfully called the National Guard into service.

The lower court's ruling last Thursday was put on hold hours later by the San Francisco based United States (US) Circuit Court of Appeals, which will consider the Trump administration's request for a longer pause during its appeal.

US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco had ruled that the Republican president unlawfully took control of California's National Guard and deployed 4000 troops to Los Angeles against the wishes of Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Trump also ordered 700 US Marines to the city after sending in the National Guard, but Breyer has not yet ruled on the legality of the Marines' mobilisation.

Breyer said Trump had not complied with the law that allows him to take control of the National Guard to address rebellions or invasions, and ordered Trump to return control of California's National Guard to Newsom, who sued over the deployment.

Trump's decision to send troops into Los Angeles sparked a national debate about the use of the military on US soil and inflamed political tensions in a city in the midst of protest and turmoil over Trump's immigration raids.

Political unrest spread to other parts of the country over the weekend.

--Reuters--