ICE protests in downtown Spokane escalate to state of emergency after demonstrators ignore curfew, with police deploying tear gas and making arrests for failure to disperse.

Thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids as unrest grows in response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Several lawmakers, including Michael Baumgartner and Patty Murray, released statements following Wednesday night's protests.

As immigration protests broke out downtown Wednesday night, Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown had to strike a balance, not wanting to appear to be assisting or condoning the actions of federal immigration agents while fearful President Donald Trump could use a weak police response to justify the deployment of the national guard,

Spokane is preparing for more unrest on Saturday after police dispersed a protest organized by former City Council President Ben Stuckart

Videos and photographs of Wednesday raids across the country show people clashing with, running from and being arrested by immigration agents.

Two Washington state lawmakers and the Spokane City Council president released statements Thursday in response to an ICE protest in Spokane.

Thousands of protestors gathered in downtown Salt Lake at Washington Square Park to stand in solidarity with anti-ICE protestors in Los Angeles.The protest was

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend.

Bass said the raids are the "cause of the problems" across the area and that the problems have been "provoked by the White House."