Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

Mayor Karen Bass reduced the hours that a nightly curfew in downtown Los Angeles is in effect on Monday, allowing struggling businesses to remain open later into the evening.

Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics last week week against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. He has said ICE is averaging about 1,600 arrests per day and that the agency has arrested “dangerous criminals.” It is an assertion many lawmakers and city leaders decry.

Parts of the 101 freeway, Alameda, Los Angeles St., Spring St., Main St., Aliso St., Commercial St., Temple Ave., 1st St and Arcadia St. are currently blocked off to drivers, the LAPD said.

The L.A. Press Club and Status Coup filed the federal lawsuit seeking to stop the "widespread use of force against journalists" The post Press Advocacy Groups Sue the LAPD, Chief Jim McDonnell for Alleged Assaults of Journalists at ICE Raid Protests appeared first on TheWrap.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the San Francisco Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery Street to oppose President Donald Trump 's aggressive deportation plans after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) arrested multiple immigrants at the downtown courtroom, NBC Bay Area first reported.

According to federal law enforcement officials, California’s sanctuary state policy that prohibits immigration enforcement in the state jail and prison system is responsible for many of the recent raids.