Los Angeles police have made nearly 400 arrests

The Los Angeles Police Department has made nearly 400 arrests and detentions since Saturday in connection with immigration protests. The vast majority of arrests have been for failing to leave the area in defiance of requests from law enforcement, according to police. There have been a handful of more serious charges, including for assault against police officers and for possession of a Molotov cocktail and a gun. More than 400 people were at the anti-ICE demonstration Wednesday evening, according to local authorities. The protest was largely peaceful, with many blasting music and some handing out water. Nearby streets were closed off as law enforcement watched from hundreds of feet away. Dozens of the demonstrators had walked to City Hall from the Alamo after police there closed off the area where a protest was scheduled to take place. Trump administration calls Newsom’s lawsuit a ‘crass political stunt’ California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop the military from helping immigration agents in Los Angeles. The administration’s official response on Wednesday says that President Donald Trump is “exercising his lawful statutory and constitutional power to ensure that federal personnel and facilities are protected.” Trump has activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to quell protests over immigration enforcement. The lawsuit argues that the deployment of troops trampled on the state’s sovereignty and pushes for a restraining order. In the Trump administration’s response, it called this “unprecedented,” saying: “It would be constitutionally anathema. And it would be dangerous.” A judge has set a hearing for Thursday. Demonstrators return to lower Manhattan Demonstrators critical of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency returned to lower Manhattan on Wednesday evening, a day after dozens of protesters were detained. Groups of people chanting and holding anti-ICE signs once again gathered around the area of Foley Square. New York City police did not immediately have information about possible arrests. Police detained more than 80 people during protests Tuesday evening into early Wednesday. Protesters gather in San Antonio More than two dozen officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety told a small group of protestors that the Alamo in San Antonio, where a demonstration was planned to take place, was closed. Dozens of people gathered hundreds of feet outside of the Alamo holding signs in support of immigrants and in opposition to President Trump. “I think the National Guard made a lot of people afraid,” Pinky Ochoa, 21, said at City Hall, where another protest was scheduled to take place. “I think a lot of people fear what’s going to happen,” Pedro Ruiz, 53, said about the mostly quiet downtown. @@@