Marines are now on duty in Los Angeles for the first time.
Tensions are escalating between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to grip Los Angeles and spread to New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Texas, and other cities.
Trump deployed about 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against Newsom's wishes.
A federal appeals court Thursday delayed an order requiring the Trump administration to return control of the National Guard to Newsom, dealing the administration a temporary reprieve to what would have been a major reversal of its policy on the protests.
President Donald Trump is continuing his criticism of California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, posting on Truth Social that the "incompetent" governor didn’t protect ICE officers "in a timely manner."
"Our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they are, were attacked by an out of control mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists," Trump wrote.
Mayor Karen Bass in a late-night social media post accused the Trump administration of "going after families and children" under the pretext of searching for violent criminals.
"The Trump administration told us they were going after violent criminals, gang members, and drug dealers," Bass said in a post. "But they went after a Home Depot. They're going after families and children."
"That does not make Los Angeles more safe," she added.
The LAPD said its officers would begin "mass" arrests in an area of downtown Los Angeles where protests continued amid an overnight curfew.
"Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda," the LAPD Central Division said on social media just after 9 p.m., about an hour after the curfew went into effect.
"Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated," the division said. "Curfew is in effect."
A curfew for downtown Los Angeles is now in effect. It began at 8 p.m. local time and will last until 6 a.m.
The curfew applies to an area about one square mile in downtown LA, which has been the site of clashes between police and protesters over the past several days.
Earlier, police said they had arrested just under 200 people, so far, on Tuesday.
