California anti-deportation activists swarmed a significant downtown Los Angeles freeway on Sunday, shutting down the roadway and standing off with police as they waved Mexican flags.

The 101 Freeway, probably the most congested highways within the nation, was blocked off by a mass of a whole lot of migrants, principally showing to boast Mexican heritage, movies present:

The protest grew into an enormous standoff with the Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD), with stunning footage exhibiting over a dozen police cruisers throughout 4 lanes of blocked-off site visitors:

The California Division of Transportation issued a site visitors alert round 1:20 p.m. native time, telling motorists to “keep away from journey in Downtown Los Angeles presently”:

“The 101 is closed in each instructions between the 110 Freeway and Mission Street resulting from a protest and police exercise. Keep away from the realm. Use different routes,” the division introduced on X. 

California Freeway Patrol (CHP) additionally made an announcement telling drivers to keep away from the freeway, including that “accessing state highways or roads to protest is illegal and intensely harmful as a result of it places protesters, motorists and first responders at nice danger of damage”:

By round 4:00 p.m. native time, the LAPD mentioned that the protesters left the highway and converged at Metropolis Corridor, CBS Information reported.

There aren’t any studies of arrests as of Sunday night. 

Greater than 1,000 anti-ICE protesters additionally descended upon the San Diego Conference Heart on Sunday, additionally donning Mexican flags, a neighborhood NBC affiliate reported.

One other comparable protest erupted throughout the identical afternoon outdoors Metropolis Corridor in Dallas, Texas, in keeping with Dallas Morning Information. 

The rally is a part of a nationwide effort demanding “Legalization for all and an finish to unjust immigration insurance policies,” organizers informed the outlet.

The occasion was described as “principally peaceable” by the publication, and no arrests had been reported.