A large crowd gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest the recent ICE raids and deportations. The gathering closed the 101 Freeway for hours. Police declared an unlawful assembly and forced demonstrators to disperse during the daylong event.

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets.

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California, including in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked a major freeway.

In Los Angeles, a large group of anti-ICE protesters at one point were blocking both sides of the 101 Freeway near the Alameda Street exit.

The large group, calling for a National Day of Action, could be seen through aerial footage walking in the middle of Spring Street, moving along to block an intersection at Chick Hearn Court and 11th Street all the while waving Mexico flags and carrying protest signs.