LOS ANGELES: As President Donald Trump’s military-backed crackdown on immigrants continues in Los Angeles and across the US, celebrities are speaking out against the tactics and what they say are the intolerant views driving them. Some pointed to the gulf between Trump’s apocalyptic descriptions of a city in flames and the reality of a vast and diverse metropolis where largely peaceful protests are limited to a small part of downtown.

The president vowed to crush opposition to his immigration raids – but his attempted show of force may have awoken something else

Protests escalate in Los Angeles over Trump’s National Guard deployment amid immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration’s immigration raids in the California city prompted mostly peaceful protests, which escalated when the president sent in the national guard

Protests showed no signs of stopping, as families of detained immigrants pleaded for their loved ones to be released – key US politics stories from 9 June

The clashes over local Ice raids come as the White House orders immigration agents ramp up enforcement.

LOS ANGELES: This isn’t the image Los Angeles wanted projected around the globe. Clouds of tear gas wafting over a throng of protesters on a blocked freeway. Federal immigration…

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the US

The immigration protests in Los Angeles show no sign of stopping as Donald Trump has ramped up the military response.The situation began on Friday (6 June) after a series of…

Mark Ruffalo, Kehlani, Pedro Pascal and Doechii among figures reacting to president’s mobilisation of military

La protesta contra las redadas antiinmigrantes en Los Ángeles ha derivado en una excusa para una demostración de fuerza peligrosa por parte de Trump

Six Americans tell the BBC that there's clearly a problem in Los Angeles - they just don't agree with who's at fault.

Demonstrations have now taken place from coast to coast, in cities that also include New York and Dallas.

In cities across the country, people are rebuking President Trump’s immigration policies.

The Los Angeles protests have continued into a fifth day, as locals stand up against the immigration raid crackdown, and US president Donald Trump's administration has sent…

For decades, LA has been at the center of the civil rights and immigrants’ rights movements – and Trump’s raids appear to be mobilizing a new generation

A curfew in downtown LA saw police make 25 arrests by morning, while US Marines are expected to make their first appearance on the streets.

LOS ANGELES: As President Donald Trump’s military-backed crackdown on immigrants continues in Los Angeles and across the US, celebrities are speaking out against the tactics and…

The Los Angeles protests have continued into a sixth day, as locals stand up against the immigration raid crackdown, and US president Donald Trump's administration has sent…

The US president called out the national guard and put marines on standby after protests against immigration raids began. Two Angelenos explain why the city won’t back down

Kim Kardashian, Doechii and more stars joined Los Angeles protesters in speaking out against the administration's militarized immigration raids this week.