Franchesca Olivas drove two hours alone from Hemet to attend the anti-ICE demonstration this week outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. She was carrying an upside-down American flag attached to the Mexican flag because she’s half-white and half-Mexican.

A demonstrator is taken into custody as Tucson police move to break up the last of a protest at Valencia and Country Club in Tucson on June 11, 2025. A demonstrator stands defiantly during a stand off with Tucson police after fighting with security outside an ICE facility on south Country Club in Tucson on June 11,

U.S. President Donald Trump can keep his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, according to a court ruling, as protests against immigration raids look set to enter their second week in the strongest backlash since his return to power in January.

Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.

Protests are slated for a seventh day as the sun comes up, with Marines possibly to be deployed within the next day. While that city remains the focal point for the protests, we're also seeing them ramp up nationwide.