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Thousands gathered at Houston City Hall for a lively protest early Saturday, cheering as local speakers decried President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Police officers in protective gear ringed parts of a subdued but attentive crowd.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Los Angeles and other Southern California cities as part of the nationwide 'No Kings' movement to protest President Donald Trump's policies. June 14,

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.

Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba.

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.

Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, faces federal charges for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” on June 11.

And as the city of San Diego struggles this year to close a budget gap, critics of the surveillance technology pointed to another concern: the $2 million annual cost. Some lobbied to axe the controversial surveillance and instead use the money to keep libraries and parks open.

Saturday marks the first full day of Marines on duty in Los Angeles, one week after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ignited in LA and spread to other cities across the U.S.,