The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities,

Approximately 44 people” were administratively arrested ​​and one person was arrested on an obstruction charge, Homeland Security Investigations said.

SBA is relocating its regional office from Los Angeles due to a lack of cooperation with ICE after violent protests against immigration raids that led to nearly 120 arrests.

Many undocumented immigrants who went to ICE check-in appointments at a federal building in L.A. this week were taken into custody, brought to the basement and held there, lawyers and family members say.

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Los Angeles Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, whose district includes Westlake, said in a written statement that her office has received reports about immigration enforcement operations taking place in her district and other parts of Los Angeles.

Federal agents were taking people – presumably suspected immigration law violators – into custody at multiple locations near downtown Los Angeles Friday.

California Democrats are pushing through legislation that would make it incredibly more difficult for federal immigration authorities to operate in the state. The California State Senate passed several bills between Monday and Tuesday calling for severe restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ ability to make arrests at schools,