By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, as the city's mayor declared a curfew for parts of the downtown area and police arrested 197 people in a fifth day of street protests.

President Donald Trump in recent days has sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to quell Los Angeles-area protests over immigration enforcement actions, despite the objections of Democratic Gov.

North Carolina bills would deputize state law enforcement agencies to carry out immigration actions and ban unauthorized immigrants from receiving state benefits.

Top Tennessee Republicans are backing a new bill that would allow for ousting public officials who publish "confidential" details about federal immigration enforcement operations.

In a chaotic scene reminiscent of events in Southern California the past week, protesters Tuesday in Concord battled federal agents in front of a SUV holding two immigrants arrested

Republicans at the North Carolina legislature have given final approval to two pieces of immigration legislation.

More than 60 people gathered in Corpus Christi on June 10 in solidarity with nationwide protests opposing immigration detentions.

Broward County's top law enforcement official is pushing back against accusations that he and his agency are not taking their immigration enforcement obligations seriously.