Immigration clashes leave L.A. on edge

Days of protests have fuelled tension in Los Angeles, turning the U.S.’s second-largest city into a focal point of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

Jun 6: Raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across Los Angeles spark demonstrations. Protesters clash with police near Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A.

Jun 7: Violent skirmishes in suburbs of Paramount and Compton.
 Trump calls in 2,000 National Guard troops to help quell protests

Jun 8: Downtown L.A. sees freeway blockades, vehicle fires and violent confrontations. More than 300 National Guard troops deployed near federal sites

At least 60 people arrested and three officers injured when police confront protesters demonstrating in San Francisco in support of L.A. protests

U.S.
MEXICO
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
San Francisco
200km
125 miles

LOS ANGELES
Long Beach
Compton
Paramount
LAX
Santa Monica
Hollywood
PACIFIC
OCEAN
10km
6 miles

Protests
National Guard deployed

Downtown federal building / Metropolitan Detention Center: Protests and clashes on Jun 7, 8

Paramount and Compton: Clashes on Jun 7

Wilshire Federal Building

Sources: Reuters, NYT, AP, CNN
Picture: Getty Images
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