Trump, ICE and LA protests
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The Southern California native joins a growing number of music artists speaking out against the immigration raids.
By late morning it was clear, June 6 was no ordinary Friday in LA. Federal agents arrested people in and around downtown Los Angeles. Some day laborers near a Home Depot in Westlake, others working in the Fashion District at Ambience apparel.
Arrest made in Los Angeles after a man allegedly attacked CHP officers and set a patrol car on fire during a protest.
CNN is tracking the LA protests against ICE and the Trump administration and those that have spread across the US this week.
Forty-nine people were arrested in downtown L.A. on Thursday night: 33 for failure to disperse, 13 arrests for curfew violation, one for resisting a police officer and one for pointing a laser at an airship, the LAPD said.
The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.
The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.
Riots in Los Angeles resulted in 10 deputies being injured by rocks, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnics as law enforcement prepares for planned nationwide protests Saturday.
Protests over President Trump's immigration enforcement raids and his mobilization of the Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles have spread to other major U.S. cities.