Hundreds of people have been arrested in Los Angeles after days of protests, which erupted following immigration raids ordered by US President Donald Trump.
An overnight curfew is in force after violence in downtown LA. Elsewhere, much of the protest activity has been peaceful. Demos have also been confined to relatively small pockets of LA, while also spreading to other US cities.
Trump has deployed thousands of troops, including 700 US Marines, to LA – triggering a row with state officials who say they have things under control.
Why are people protesting in LA?
The demonstrations began on Friday after it emerged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were carrying out raids in areas of the city with prominent Latino populations.
Raids have stepped up after Trump returned to the White House and pledged to crack down on illegal immigration.
The BBC’s US partner, CBS News, reported that recent operations took place in the Westlake district as well as in Paramount, south of LA – where the population is more than 82% Hispanic.
There were also reports of an ICE raid at a Home Depot shop in Paramount, which officials told the BBC were false.
ICE later told CBS that 44 unauthorised immigrants were arrested in a single operation at a job site on Friday. Another 77 were also arrested in the greater LA area on the same day.
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