Saturday marks the first full day of Marines on duty in Los Angeles, one week after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ignited in LA and spread to other cities across the U.S.,

The LAPD and other agencies are aggressively clearing the streets of downtown LA, where protestors had pushed up against police lines.

The demonstrations follow more than a week of large-scale protests in Los Angeles against Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown and his decision to deploy the military there. Protesters gathered in Liberty Plaza outside of the Georgia State Capitol in Downtown Atlanta.

The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Trump ordering National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire.

The demonstrations come on the heels of weeks of protests across California and the nation denouncing raids on immigrant communities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the start of Saturday’s protest in San Francisco,