Members of the L.A.P.D. in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard troops in riot gear surrounded a federal building. Protests started near a complex of federal buildings but spread to other areas downtown in the evening. Law enforcement officers were stationed around the federal complex all day.

Immigration protests across the country and the Trump administration's response to the Los Angeles immigration protests has become a major focus of the New York City mayoral campaign.

More New York City protests are planned Tuesday against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies and the new travel ban, as city leaders issue a warning against the kind of unrest seen in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Two men are being charged by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for possession of an unregistered destructive device for their alleged roles in LA protest violence, federal prosecutors will announce Wednesday. Emiliano Galvez and Wrackkie Quiogue are both accused of trying to throw Molotov cocktails at police, according to federal prosecutors.

A curfew was declared in Spokane, Washington, and protests were held in several cities including Seattle, St. Louis and Las Vegas on Wednesday night.

The group rallied near a building that houses an immigration court, which has become a flashpoint amid the arrest of migrants in courthouses.

President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of troops to the nation's second-largest city has unleashed indignation and anger among residents and local officials who say the threat of immigration protests has been dramatically overblown by the White House.

Protests erupt in NYC and LA against Trump's travel ban and immigration enforcement, with activists decrying discrimination and defending human rights.