As officers across California clash with protesters of immigration raids, two Bay Area lawmakers proposed legislation Monday that would make it a crime for state or federal police to wear masks. “We do not need secret police in California,

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

Two press advocacy groups sued the LAPD and Police Chief Jim McDonnell in federal court on Monday, alleging that police assaulted journalists and blocked their access to permitted areas during recent immigration-raid protests in Southern California.

Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics last week week against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. He has said ICE is averaging about 1,600 arrests per day and that the agency has arrested “dangerous criminals.” It is an assertion many lawmakers and city leaders decry.

Parts of the 101 freeway, Alameda, Los Angeles St., Spring St., Main St., Aliso St., Commercial St., Temple Ave., 1st St and Arcadia St. are currently blocked off to drivers, the LAPD said.

From immigration raids to Flag Day defiance, a week of protest is unfolding across the state. Our tracker shows where.

Mayor Karen Bass reduced the hours that a nightly curfew in downtown Los Angeles is in effect on Monday, allowing struggling businesses to remain open later into the evening.

According to federal law enforcement officials, California’s sanctuary state policy that prohibits immigration enforcement in the state jail and prison system is responsible for many of the recent raids.