LA's chaotic weekend of protests in maps and pictures after Donald Trump sent immigration agents to round up unauthorised migrants.

On Monday, Trump, a Republican, sent 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to guard federal buildings as protests there continued. The marine battalion adds to California National Guard units Trump had already sent to the city to quell protests in defiance of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday night as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas,

The progressive grassroots organization Indivisible is behind the No Kings movement, partnering with groups like the ACLU and Human Rights Campaign. Two months after the nationwide Hands Off! demonstrations on April 5 and just days after the start of rallies taking place in Los Angeles to protest the actions of U.

In photos and video Protesters blocked traffic on Highway 101 in Los Angeles on Sunday.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York Times Supported by Text by Alyce McFadden An extraordinary weekend of protest ignited in Los Angeles after federal immigration authorities conducted a series of immigration raids across the region Friday.