President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

LOS ANGELES >> U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles today, the military said, a rare domestic use of its forces as protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration raids spread nationwide.

Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

6:30 p.m.: More than 100 people gathered at the immigration services building and detention center in downtown Los Angeles to protest the raids. DHS officers fired pepper balls at the protesters before the Los Angeles Police Department dispersed the crowd.

Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.

Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.

The downtown curfew encircles the downtown civic center, including City Hall, the main county criminal courthouse, LAPD headquarters and federal buildings.