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

A series of federal immigration raids across LA sparked heated protests in a few spots in the city. Here's where demonstrations and clashes are occurring.

Protesters and police are facing off in Los Angeles, and anti-ICE protests have occurred across the country. Follow for live updates

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, as the city's mayor declared a curfew for parts of the downtown area and police arrested 197 people in a fifth day of street protests.

The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.

Mexico’s red, white and green flag has become a defining symbol of the protests in Los Angeles. Demonstrators have waved flags from Mexico and other Latin American countries, as well as US flags, to express solidarity with immigrants and denounce the Trump administration’s raids, provoking the ire of Trump’s supporters.

Unlike the 1992 riots, protests have mainly been peaceful and been confined to a roughly five-block stretch of downtown LA, a tiny patch in the sprawling city of nearly 4 million people. No one has died. There’s been vandalism and some cars set on fire but no homes or buildings have burned.

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Downtown Los Angeles was under curfew on Tuesday evening as some 700 Marines arrived in LA as part of the federal response to five days of fiery protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.