Gavin Newsom as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to grip Los Angeles and spread to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Texas, and other cities.LA Mayor Karen Bass issued an overnight curfew for about 1 square mile in downtown LA,

“Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect,” read a post on the LAPD’s social media, sent at 9:09p.m local time on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES >> U.S. troops deployed in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said today, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city as it entered a sixth day of protests.

During her acceptance speech at the BET Awards, rap star Doechii sounded off on President Donald Trump amid the Los Angeles protests.

By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Several U.S. cities braced for protests on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration raids, as parts of the country's second largest city Los Angeles spent the night under curfew in an effort to quell five days of unrest.

Americans shared their thoughts on President Donald Trump sending the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles.

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

U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to "liberate" Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit hardest by the unrest say "no thanks" Mr President.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

Protesters and police are facing off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests have occurred across the country. Follow for live updates