Downtown Los Angeles was bustling with dog-walkers and commuters touting coffee cup after the first night of curfew meant to tamp down tensions following days of protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Protests against these moves have increased, too. While most have remained peaceful, the Department of Homeland Security reported a more than 400% surge in assaults on agents.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

“Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect,” read a post on the LAPD’s social media, sent at 9:09p.m local time on Tuesday night.

By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,

Pam Bondi rejected that Donald Trump's pardons for hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters creates a double standard with its response to violence at immigration protests in LA.