Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles ended a curfew that began last Tuesday when federal agents, local police officers and protesters clashed on the streets.
With the downtown facing an 8 p.m. curfew, the Los Angeles police began using tear gas and crowd-control munitions to break up protests after issuing a dispersal order.
Sabrina Medina, center, with her family. Ms. Medina said federal agents showed up on Thursday morning at her home in Huntington Park, Calif., looking for her husband. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, accompanied the agents, Ms. Medina said.
The Rev. Tanya Lopez, senior pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church, said five men refused to identify which agency they worked for as they detained a man outside her church on Wednesday.
Hours after video of agents pinning a car and drawing their weapons circulated on social media, the agency said the driver had punched a federal agent and fled arrest.
Streets of Paramount, Calif., in Los Angeles County were in chaos as federal immigration officials squared off with protesters, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.
Streets of Paramount, Calif., in Los Angeles County were in chaos as federal immigration officials squared off with protesters, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.
Streets of Paramount, Calif., in Los Angeles County were in chaos as federal immigration officials squared off with protesters, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.
Armed agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd in Los Angeles’s Fashion District. Later, agents fired less-than-lethal ammunition at protesters outside a detention center.
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