For the second straight week demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles police to protest the immigration policies recently instated by President Donald Trump. The Los Angeles Police Department said protesters had entered La Plaza en El Pueblo and urged other members of the public to use caution in the area as the "non-permitted" demonstration continued.

Officials detained about 200 demonstrators after dispersal orders Monday night, but issued warnings and released them.

Demonstrators gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday as protests against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration continued in LA for a fourth day.

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California, including in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked a major freeway.

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets.

The Los Angeles Police Department said a teenage protester was stabbed and transported to a hospital in critical condition.

Immigration protests have now reached their second week in downtown Los Angeles as more demonstrators gathered on Sunday to denounce President Trump's immigration policies.

When marchers crossed overpasses of U.S. 101, prosecutors say Martin Richard Torres, 42, climbed onto a freeway sign, vandalized it and threw books at traffic below.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced Monday morning that Martin Richard Torres, 43, has been charged with a felony for allegedly throwing two books onto the 101 Freeway with the intent to cause bodily injury.