President Donald Trump is prepared to send National Guard troops into more U.S. cities if protests against immigration raids expand beyond Los Angeles, administration officials said Wednesday, potentially opening the door to the most extensive use of military force on American soil in modern history.

In unscheduled Oval Office remarks, Trump discussed his decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles after protests erupted in response to federal

Demonstrators in cities beyond Los Angeles — including San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Austin — are protesting President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement.

CNN is tracking the LA protests against ICE and the Trump administration and those that have spread across the US this week.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would deploy the National Guard across parts of the state as protests against ICE raids have gripped Los Angeles and resulted in hundreds of arrests spread across the country.