LOS ANGELES: Federal immigration authorities arrested 44 people Friday across Los Angeles, prompting clashes outside at least one location as law enforcement threw flash bangs to try to disperse a crowd that had gathered to protest the detentions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents executed search warrants at three locations, said Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe, a spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations.

Protesters treated for injuries after raids at several locations, with about two dozen people reportedly detained

Armed agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd that converged on the raid in Los Angeles’s Fashion District.