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.

CNN is tracking the LA protests against ICE and the Trump administration and those that have spread across the US this week.

Anti-ICE demonstrations spread to several cities including New York, Boston and Chicago following days of unrest in Los Angeles

Long before last weekend’s riots against immigration enforcement began, the Democratic-led city of Los Angeles spent years defunding its police department. Federal immigration authorities say LA’s shrunken police force is now struggling to help control the large-scale riots rocking the city.