A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest the recent ICE raids and deportations. The gathering closed the 101 Freeway for hours. Police declared an unlawful assembly and forced demonstrators to disperse during the daylong event.

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

At around 4 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department Central Division officers reported that the protesters had exited the freeway, making their way to converge on the steps of City Hall. Traffic delays were already reported in downtown near Crypto.com Arena, where some streets were closed for the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

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

Marchers have blocked all lanes of US 101, causing traffic to back up in both directions and on downtown surface streets.

A massive rally protesting President Donald Trump’s mass deportations and immigration policies blocked traffic on the Hollywood (101) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Sunday. The protesters gathered Sunday morning on Olvera Street for what the Los Angeles Police Department called a non-permitted demonstration.