At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass made a startling claim. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had appeared at a homeless shelter that day, among other sensitive locations in Los Angeles,

“If you drive through downtown L.A., the graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damages,” Bass said, adding that 29 businesses were looted Monday night alone.

Dozens of demonstrations have erupted around the country, both in solidarity with the LA protesters and as a form of broader protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

"Now, the same hero who 'turned on the water' is now deporting the hard-working people who pick and process their crops," writes an L.A. Times reader.

U.S. farm industry groups have long wanted Trump to spare their sector from mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants.