With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a Tuesday news conference announced she was enacting a curfew for a small part of downtown L.A. as a way “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting”

Demonstrations against immigration raids have erupted across America. Los Angeles saw initial protests, prompting a military response. Now, cities like Seattle, Austin, and New York are witnessing marches.

The protests began Friday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out coordinated raids across Los Angeles, detaining dozens of workers at warehouses and other worksites. The arrests sparked immediate backlash, with demonstrators converging outside federal buildings, blocking freeways, and in some cases clashing with police.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has filed an emergency motion in federal court to block National Guard members and Marines from assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles. "Trump is turning the U.

Los Angeles finds itself at the center of a brewing crisis as massive immigration enforcement operations have ignited citywide

Approximately 44 people” were administratively arrested ​​and one person was arrested on an obstruction charge, Homeland Security Investigations said.

The change moves troops closer to engaging in law enforcement actions like deportations as Trump has promised.

Immigration enforcement agents carried out raids in Los Angeles, prompting gatherings of protesters who at one point clashed with authorities.

A rally will be held in Boston on Monday afternoon in response to ICE raids and protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.

We will not stand for this,” Bass said in a statement released after federal immigration authorities arrested 44 people in raids across Los Angeles.