Crowds protest federal immigration activity in downtown Los Angeles

A dispersal order was issued after hundreds of people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest federal immigration enforcement activity Saturday night.

The demonstration was centered around the Pershing Square area before protestors walked towards City Hall. Another group of protestors gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center.

Around 6 p.m. on Saturday night, a dispersal order was issued for Alameda Street from Aliso Street to Temple, which included Commercial Street.

A police skirmish line was set up outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, where officers were seen dispersing the crowd and several people were detained as the night went on. “You must leave the area,” LAPD said.

Nationwide protests have sprung up in recent days following two federal officer-involved shootings — one in Minneapolis that killed 37-year-old Renee Good, and another in Portland that left two people hospitalized.

Demonstrations already began to pop up on Friday night, as seen in Santa Ana, where at least two people were forcibly dragged from a crowd by Department of Homeland Security officers.

Across the country, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration said hundreds of protests were scheduled in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Florida and more. Many were dubbed “ICE Out for Good” using the acronym for the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

This developing story will be updated when more information is available.