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.

From Southern California to Washington, D.C., and all points between, large crowds began to gather for the planned "No Kings" rally against the Trump administration's ongoing immigration enforcement efforts on Saturday,

No Kings” protests, including several in Michigan cities, are scheduled across the country Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade in Washington, D.C.

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.

Americans are divided over President Donald Trump's decision to activate the military to respond to protests against his crackdown on migrants, with about half supportive of the move, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.

Los Angeles is one of hundreds of places across the U.S. seeing massive protests against the Trump administration, although L.A. has already seen a week of demonstrations against the immigration policies of President Trump.

The only real surprise about the clashes in Los Angeles is that anyone is surprised by them. Of course Donald Trump, in an attempt to get his moribund deportation numbers up, sent masked goons to indiscriminately snatch undocumented immigrants from their workplaces;