From Seattle to Austin to Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.

Activists plan more events Tuesday in New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. A curfew covering a compact area of downtown Los Angeles is likely, the mayor said.

Thousands of troops and hundreds of marines have been deployed to LA by US President Donald Trump to quell the demos, causing a row with state politicians. Days of unrest were sparked after federal immigration officers arrested large groups of unauthorised immigrants in areas with large Latino populations.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the decision "deeply disturbing," accusing state officials of siding with criminals over public safety.

Glendale will no longer house federal immigration detainees at its jail facilities. Here’s why the decision was made.

The city of Glendale, Calif., revoked a long-standing agreement with Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs and Enforcement under which its Police Department holds immigration detainees on their behalf.