The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.

Los Angeles is still reeling from January’s deadly wildfires — and with the World Cup soccer championships and the 2028 Olympics on the horizon — Mayor Karen Bass has been urging residents to come together to revitalize LA’s image.

Protests over federal immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles entered their fifth day on Tuesday, as hundreds of U.S. Marines have been deployed to the city, along with 2,000 more National Guard troops acting in a federal capacity at President Trump’s direction.

Maintenance workers could be seen removing anti-ICE graffiti spray painted on City Hall as other workers covered up messages in the city's Arts District. Burned out shells of Waymo autonomous vehicles remained on the city street where they had been engulfed in flames a day earlier.