A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest the recent ICE raids and deportations. The gathering closed the 101 Freeway for hours. Police declared an unlawful assembly and forced demonstrators to disperse during the daylong event.

A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in response to the recent increase in ICE raids and deportations. The gathering briefly closed the 101 Freeway, which led to police declaring an unlawful assembly and forcing demonstrators to disperse during the daylong event.

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran and flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets

At around 4 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department Central Division officers reported that the protesters had exited the freeway, making their way to converge on the steps of City Hall. Traffic delays were already reported in downtown near Crypto.com Arena, where some streets were closed for the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

A demonstration ending near Seattle's Statue of Liberty Plaza challenged President Donald Trump’s promises to escalate deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Police in riot gear moved in on protesters in downtown Los Angeles after a daylong demonstration against Trump’s immigration policies and mass deportations. Carlos Saucedo reports Feb. 2, 2025. Detail

In Los Angeles, a large group of anti-ICE protesters were blocking both sides of the 101 Freeway near the Alameda Street exit.

Thousands of raucous protesters rallied against President Trump’s renewed effort to deport illegal migrants and ground traffic to a standstill on a Los Angeles freeway Sunday afternoon. The throngs of demonstrators waving flags of Mexico and other countries south of the border shut down a portion of 101 Freeway for hours – though no arrests were reported into the evening.