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Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.
Members of the L.A.P.D. in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard troops in riot gear surrounded a federal building. Protests started near a complex of federal buildings but spread to other areas downtown in the evening. Law enforcement officers were stationed around the federal complex all day.
A temporary restraining order said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.
At a peaceful vigil in downtown Los Angeles, interfaith community leaders came together for prayer, support and healing.
Unions have backed immigrant rights in California and have been on the forefront of resisting the Trump administration’s deportations.
Since the start of the protests, the Los Angeles Police Department has arrested 385 people, USA Today reported on Wednesday.
The curfew went into effect in part of downtown Los Angeles amid ongoing protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops to California is forcing Democrats back onto politically perilous turf, as they look for ways to condemn Trump’s actions without being drawn into a broad debate over immigration or tying themselves to the chaotic scenes emerging from Los Angeles.