A curfew remained in Los Angeles as demonstrators began gathering in streets and plazas Saturday morning The post ‘No Kings’ Immigration Protests Kick Off Early Nationwide as Massive Military Parade Planned in D.

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

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

As a crowd of over 20,000 gathered in Los Angeles for the “No Kings” protest against President Trump’s immigration policies, police began clearing streets near federal buildings, deploying dispersal orders and less-lethal munitions on some overpasses.