In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue.

A Los Angeles Dodgers official was asked about the team's recent White House visit as their home city protests federal ICE raids.

Anti-Trump protesters rallied across the country yesterday as the president presided over a military parade in Washington. The administration’s immigration crackdown has prompted demonstrations in major US cities over the past week.

The bill would enable community raids, targeted removals and widespread detention camps that sweep up U.S. citizens and the undocumented alike.

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.

Critics such as California Governor Gavin Newsom viewed Trump's decision to send in the National Guard as an abuse of power.