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Dozens of people were arrested on Wednesday night during protests in several US cities against immigration raids and the deportation policy of the Donald Trump Administration.
The center of Los Angeles (California), the city where the demonstrations originated, experienced its second consecutive night of curfew, which was defied by protesters who gathered in front of city hall. According to CNN, between 20 and 30 people were arrested.
In Spokane, Washington state, a curfew was also declared to disperse a protest that led to riots, during which more than 30 people were arrested.
Protesters in Seattle, Washington, lit a large bonfire in the middle of the street. Police dispersed the gathering after a five-minute verbal warning, arresting several of them.
The Las Vegas (Nevada) Police also ordered the dispersal of a demonstration called around the federal courthouse, in the city center, which was declared illegal.
In Manhattan, New York, around 200 protesters gathered in a protest marked by high tension and shouts against the Police.
San Antonio (Texas), a city with a large Latino majority, saw protests that took place without incident, despite the decision of the governor, Republican Greg Abbott, to deploy the National Guard to contain them.
The demonstrations began last Friday in Los Angeles, a city with a Latino majority, in rejection of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and the Trump administration's deportation policy, leading to clashes with the police and the burning of vehicles.
As a response, Trump ordered the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 marines, a measure that has been rejected by the governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom, and by the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, who consider it a disproportionate action that only seeks to increase tension.
The next Saturday, demonstrations are called in the major cities of the country, a day called by the organizers as 'Day Without Kings', as they consider that Trump acts like a monarch.
That same day, Trump organized a large military parade in Washington for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which coincides with the president's 79th birthday.
The Republican has warned that if there are demonstrations against the parade, they will face a "great force".
