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.

The 101 Freeway in California is busy any day. On Sunday it was not just the motor vehicles on the busy roadway, but protesters, too. Hundreds flooded the freeway, which, in turn, caused major traffic delays.

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

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

Anti-ICE protestors shut down both directions of the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on Sunday as part of an organized response to President Trump's deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles on 2 February in response to a recent increase in ICE raids and deportations under President Trump's immigration crackdown. Thousands of people carrying Mexican flags and placards marched to Los Angeles City Hall before walking onto and blocking the 101 Freeway.

Protests over President Trump’s stringent immigration policies erupted across the country over the weekend, with the city of Los Angeles grinding to a stand still on Sunday as thousands gathered downtown.

Hundreds of demonstrators marched on the 101 Freeway Sunday morning in downtown Los Angeles in what was called a "protest against deportations."

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday, including in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked the 101 freeway for several hours.