The peaceful protest began shortly after 6 p.m. and soon tripled in size as people congregated in front of a road closure, occupied by at least six members of the California National Guard on

National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.

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.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell sharply countered President Donald Trump’s claims that the city was at a point of needing National Guard support, emphasizing Wednesday that protests were “nowhere near” that level.

The Texas National Guard is on standby as Austin prepares for a large-scale anti-Trump protest Saturday — the city’s first since a downtown

In a move that has prompted division, Trump ordered the California National Guard to quell the immigration protests, moving to deploy 2,000 soldiers to the Los Angeles area. “Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence,

Fifteen people were arrested Tuesday after 150 protesters gathered in Center City to rally against the Trump administration's ICE operations in Philadelphia.