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Police enforce the curfew after it went into effect on Tuesday evening Mario TamaGetty Images
A curfew is currently in place in part of downtown Los Angeles, with police saying they have begun arresting dozens of protesters Tuesday evening. Scattered demonstrations have also popped up in multiple cities across the US, with Texas deploying the National Guard in response.
Curfew in LA: The curfew is in place for pockets of downtown LA where demonstrations in the city have been concentrated. It applies from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Pacific Time, and LA Mayor Karen Bass said it could be in effect for a few days. It only covers an area of about 1 square mile, and will impact fewer than 100,000 of LA’s 4 million residents, according to authorities.
Arrests being made: The Los Angeles Police Department said late Tuesday it had begun making “mass arrests,” with dozens detained for failing to disperse at an unlawful assembly area. At least 378 people have been arrested over the past four days, the LAPD said earlier Tuesday.
Texas National Guard: Members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to various locations in the state ahead of planned protests this week, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday. Among the demonstrations is a “No Kings” protest in San Antonio this Saturday.
Other cities: Similar protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump administration have spread to major cities like New York, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta and more. The protests come as ICE races to meet the White House’s immigration arrest quotas.
Trump vs Newsom: President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom went head to head on Tuesday. The governor warned in an address to Californians that Trump was pushing indiscriminate mass deportations, risking public safety by deploying the National Guard, and warning democracy was under attack. The two also disputed details of an alleged phone call, with Trump claiming he had called Newsom on Monday, which the governor denied. They last spoke on Friday.
ICE raids: The protests began last Friday over ICE raids that detained dozens of people, including at their workplaces. On Tuesday morning, Mayor Bass said she hadn’t received any reports of further ICE raids happening that day – but local police and officials say they are being kept in the dark, and are not notified before raids occur. “We do not know where and when the next raids will be,” Bass said on Monday. (CNN, but headline rejigged)