Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to "liberate" Los Angeles on Thursday at a press conference that was dramatically interrupted when federal agents dragged a Democratic U.S.

Thousands of demonstrators chanted “ICE out of L.A.” amid protests against immigration raids. A California challenge to Trump’s L.A. military deployment moves to a courtroom Thursday.

Events are scheduled across Tampa Bay this weekend amid demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere against Trump’s immigration policies.

Chicago is bracing for another day of protests against ICE raids Thursday as demonstrations continue across the country against President Donald Trump

“Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda. Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect,” read a post on the LAPD’s social media, sent at 9:09p.m local time on Tuesday night.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Fort Bragg, the nation's largest military installation.

White House officials say that Trump has a mandate to carry out his hard-line immigration policy and that politically, battling it out with a blue state is a winning issue for the administration.