A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in response to the recent increase in ICE raids and deportations. The gathering briefly closed the 101 Freeway, which led to police declaring an unlawful assembly and forcing demonstrators to disperse during the daylong event.

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Trump marched in in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked a major freeway.

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets.

Thousands of people marched in downtown Los Angeles Sunday in protest of President Trump's illegal immigration policies blocking several streets and causing "major gridlock", according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles Monday, continuing protests for a second day against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies as part of a coordinated series of actions dubbed “A Day Without Immigrants.