Mayor Bass extends curfew in Los Angeles as anti-ICE demonstrations intensify, with initially peaceful protests evolving into confrontations requiring law enforcement intervention.

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

Protests over President Trump's immigration enforcement raids and his mobilization of the Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles have spread to other major U.S. cities.

The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.

Some vehicles thought be those of agents were spray-painted with expletives, as were some exterior walls of the Whittier hotel.

More ICE agents were seen in several Southern California communities on Thursday. In Orange County, the City of Irvine said it was notified by ICE that agents would be conducting targeted immigration enforcement operations at several locations throughout the city.

The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for parts of downtown as anti-ICE demonstrations continued for a fifth consecutive day, some of which have turned violent between protesters and law enforcement.

LAist reporters witnessed LAPD officers firing less-lethal munitions into crowds and taunting protestors from a helicopter. State law and a federal court order restrict the use of crowd dispersal weapons unless specific criteria are met.

Long before last weekend’s riots against immigration enforcement began, the Democratic-led city of Los Angeles spent years defunding its police department. Federal immigration authorities say LA’s shrunken police force is now struggling to help control the large-scale riots rocking the city.