Saturday marks the first full day of Marines on duty in Los Angeles, one week after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ignited in LA and spread to other cities across the U.S.,

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

Thousands rally across US to protest Trump as LA keeps curfew to quell chaos - Day of action comes after week-long protests in Los Angeles against Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and ICE raids

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.

More than 1,500 events were announced throughout the U.S. to send a loud message to President Donald Trump: “In America, we don’t do kings.”

The president celebrates the 250th anniversary of the US Army as demonstrators hold "No Kings" events from coast to coast.

About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast.

As many as 25,000 people gathered outside of City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, "in defiance" of President Trump in what appeared to be a peaceful protest as of 2 p.m."No Kings," a nationwide series of protests scheduled for Saturday,