LOS ANGELES (TNND) — A curfew was put in place overnight in Los Angeles by Mayor Karen Bass as rioters continue to protest immigration enforcement and outliers loot and vandalize the city.

Bass declared a local emergency on the fifth day of protests and said the curfew would run from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday. It is expected to last for several days.

"I issued a curfew starting tonight at 8pm for Downtown Los Angeles to stop bad actors who are taking advantage of the President's chaotic escalation," the mayor wrote on X.

The curfew covers a 1-square-mile section of downtown that includes the area where protests have occurred since Friday. The city of Los Angeles encompasses roughly 500 square miles.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said “unlawful and dangerous behavior” had been escalating since Saturday.

“The curfew is a necessary measure to protect lives and safeguard property following several consecutive days of growing unrest throughout the city,” he added.

Bass said during a news conference on Tuesday that she does not believe the people committing violence and vandalism in the city are "really in support of immigrants" and that they "have another agenda."

The Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday night it had begun making "mass arrests" for failing to disperse at an unlawful assembly area. At least 378 people have been arrested over the past four days.

The protests began last Friday when raids performed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained dozens of people.

Mayor Bass said on Tuesday that she hadn't received any further reports of ICE raids but that local officials and police are not notified before they occur.

Tensions over the raids escalated when President Donald Trump deployed more than 4,000 National Guard soldiers over the weekend and into Monday against the state's wishes. An additional 700 active-duty Marines arrived Tuesday.

The National Guard will remain in LA for 60 days, according to the memorandum the President signed deploying them, with Trump stating on Tuesday that they would remain there until there is no danger.

California sued the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the president of circumventing state authority and inflaming immigration protests.

On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a court to file an emergency motion to block Trump's militarization of Los Angeles.

The emergency motion would temporarily bar the Trump administration from using California's National Guard troops to enforce state laws. This order would also prohibit the National Guard from assisting with carrying out immigration raids.

A San Francisco federal judge later denied California's request and instead scheduled a hearing for 1:30 p.m. PST on Thursday to discuss the requested order.

Newsom delivered a public address Tuesday night, calling Trump’s actions the start of an “assault” on democracy.

“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next,” he said. “What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence. To be complicit in this moment. Do not give it to him.”

During a speech at Fort Bragg to recognize the Army's 250th anniversary, Trump called protesters “animals” and “a foreign enemy."

Similar protests against ICE continue to break out in major cities like New York, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta and more.

Members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to various locations in the state ahead of planned "No Kings" protests this week, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.