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Tensions are escalating for a fifth day in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

Gavin Newsom (D) accused President Donald Trump of a “brazen abuse of power” in his deployment of Marines and National Guard forces to quell protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.