Democratic lawmakers in California are seeking to ban law enforcement officers in the state from wearing face coverings.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the San Francisco Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery Street to oppose President Donald Trump 's aggressive deportation plans after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) arrested multiple immigrants at the downtown courtroom, NBC Bay Area first reported.

Nationwide protests against President Trump’s crackdown on immigration are putting Democrats in tricky political territory ahead of the high-stakes midterms. After demonstrations against

Parts of the 101 freeway, Alameda, Los Angeles St., Spring St., Main St., Aliso St., Commercial St., Temple Ave., 1st St and Arcadia St. are currently blocked off to drivers, the LAPD said.

The demonstrations come on the heels of weeks of protests across California and the nation denouncing raids on immigrant communities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the start of Saturday’s protest in San Francisco,

News coverage of the immigration raids and protests in Southern California has transfixed Mexico, where reports have heavily sided with the immigrants against U.S. efforts to detain and deport them.

Several people were detained during an apparent immigration raid at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet, according to multiple media reports.