Mimi Dwyer

2 weeks ago | sfexaminer.com | Richard Fausset |Mimi Dwyer |Francesca Regalado |Karen Weise

Demonstrators expressing anger with the Trump administration's immigration raids were squaring off Wednesday night with police in Seattle, Las Vegas, Spokane, Washington, and Los Angeles, where officers dispersed a crowd before an overnight curfew took effect downtown. In Seattle, hundreds of protesters marched from Cal Anderson Park toward federal buildings downtown, as a helicopter circled overhead. Some waved signs welcoming immigrants and denouncing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jesus Jimenez |Jill Cowan |Mimi Dwyer

Downtown Los Angeles was under curfew early Wednesday morning after Mayor Karen Bass announced the nighttime restrictions, an effort to calm protests after days of demonstrations against the Trump administration's immigration policies. Ms. Bass announced the curfew at a news conference on Tuesday evening. She said that it would run from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and that she expected it to last for several days.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jill Cowan |Orlando D. Mayorquin |Livia Albeck-Ripka |Mimi Dwyer

news analysisWhen Gavin Newsom stepped in front of a camera Tuesday evening, he was a California governor addressing his constituents as a crisis of civil disorder gripped pockets of Los Angeles. But by the time Mr. Newsom was finished, it was clear the governor was speaking not only to his state but to his country, and his beleaguered party.

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Jesus Jimenez |Jesús Jiménez |Orlando D. Mayorquin |Mimi Dwyer |Francesca Regalado

Hundreds of Marines were expected to take up positions in Los Angeles on Tuesday, joining National Guard troops there and sharpening an extraordinary confrontation between the White House and California leaders over the response to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The 700 Marines were being sent to protect federal law enforcement officers and property in greater Los Angeles, the U.S. military’s Northern Command said in a statement.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Orlando D. Mayorquin |Livia Albeck-Ripka |Mimi Dwyer

Las autoridades del gobierno de Trump califican de insurrectos a los manifestantes que ondean la bandera mexicana, pero para muchos estadounidenses con raíces en México, el lábaro representa el orgullo por su herencia. Elizabeth Torres, de 36 años, sostenía una bandera mexicana frente al centro de detención, en el centro de Los Ángeles, el domingo por la mañana. "Soy una estadounidense muy orgullosa", dijo Torres, cuyos abuelos emigraron a Estados Unidos.