Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Southern California on Saturday to voice their concerns over ongoing immigration raids and oppose the policies of President Trump, who they depicted as an aspiring monarch.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Downtown Los Angeles, East Hollywood, Highland Park, Los Feliz and other locations throughout the Los Angeles area to protest the policies of the

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that an overnight curfew for downtown neighborhoods will remain in effect indefinitely.

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

President Trump's deployment of federal troops in Los Angeles was a constitutional stress test for the courts. Subscribe to GZERO's YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): <a href=" Sign up for GZERO's free newsletters on global politics: <a href=" New York Times Magazine staff writer and Yale Law School fellow Emily Bazelon analyzes President Trump’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops and US Marines into Los Angeles without the governor’s consent.

When federal immigration agents swept through Los Angeles’ Fashion District, Boyle Heights, and Pico-Union neighborhoods last week, arresting dozens of migrants in coordinated raids, Bryant Odega was transported back into his childhood memories.

California is taking the Trump administration to court Thursday over the president’s decision to deploy National Guard troops and Marines to LA in support of immigration enforcement operations.

A federal court hearing is set for Tuesday to determine who is in charge of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Pacific Palisades will reopen to the general public on Saturday, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell told the Los Angeles Times on Friday afternoon.

Protests against hardline immigration tactics spread across the US Wednesday after days of rallies in Los Angeles, as California geared for a legal battle over President Trump’s military deployment. More than 1,