Day laborers detained outside of a Home Depot. Protesters marching. Hundreds of people arrested. National Guard and U.S. Marines deployed.

Progressive activists were once synonymous with places like Twitter. The L.A. demonstrations show how much has changed.

President Donald Trump has deployed 4,700 National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles. The city was quiet on Wednesday, but more protests are expected.

Meanwhile, two men are being charged by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for possession of an unregistered destructive device for their alleged roles in the LA protest violence, federal prosecutors announced. Emiliano Galvez and Wrackkie Quiogue are both accused of trying to throw Molotov cocktails at police, according to federal prosecutors.

The Los Angeles Police Department has declared all of downtown as an unlawful assembly, telling all demonstrators to leave the area immediately. "Downtown Los Angeles has been declared as an UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. You are to leave the Downtown Area immediately," police said on X.

The legacy media has largely downplayed the violence that has unfolded from the anti-ICE riots that have erupted in Los Angeles in recent days in response to deportation orders.

As demonstrations in Los Angeles over immigration raids unfolded in recent days, social media users falsely cited a Craigslist ad as evidence that protesters had been paid to participate

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated after an ICE raid on June 6 led to the arrest of several individuals, which sparked organized protests across Texas.

Protests against the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, first ignited in L.A., have spread across the country.