Los Angeles police have issued a dispersal order at No Kings protests downtown. Officers shot tear gas and rubber bullets at what they called "outside agitators."

Reporters and photographers from the USA TODAY NETWORK-California will cover the "No Kings Day" protests throughout the state all day on June 14.

The parade, honoring the Army’s long-planned 250th anniversary celebration and coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial under the threat of stormy weather in Washington and protests around the country tied to a turbulent week of immigration enforcement that has involved military deployment in Los Angeles.

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

Authorities made "mass arrests" near downtown Los Angeles late Tuesday after a curfew came into effect following intense protests against immigration enforcement raids and the escalation of military presence across the nation’s second-largest city.

Protests spread: Demonstrations against ICE raids and President Donald Trump’s mobilization of troops in Los Angeles have served as flashpoints for immigration unrest across the country ...

Protesters held signs that read, “No kings since 1776,” “Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing,” “Stop the Parade Fund Medicaid,” “When cruelty becomes normal compassion looks radical” and “Make Orwell Fiction Again.”

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.