Activists held a rally and march at MacArthur Park on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration, after more than a dozen people were arrested in another overnight demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.

“Officers attempted to make contact with an organizer of the demonstration when the crowd surrounded the officers and began to hit the cars. Items were thrown and an Unlawful Assembly was declared due to the aggressive nature of a few demonstrators,” the LAPD’s Central Division posted Friday night on X.

“The protest went into the late-night hours with people refusing to disperse. At its conclusion, over a dozen people were arrested, streets were cleared of any debris and lanes of traffic reopened,” police said in an update Saturday morning. “Central Division will continue to support 1st Amendment rights of all people. However, if violence or criminal activity occurs, laws will be enforced.”

Organizers dubbed Saturday’s demonstration “take back MacArthur Park,” referring to recent illegal immigration enforcement activities in the area. The rally began at 11 a.m. at Seventh and Alvarado streets. About 50 to 100 marchers walked to a nearby Home Depot and back to the park, where several people spoke about the effects of the ongoing raids, organizer Malcolm Ray told City News Service.

The rally and march were peaceful and featured no confrontations with police, added Ray, an organizer with Westside Vision.

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The activists also called for a boycott of Home Depot stores, which they say have been used as staging areas for ICE operations.

“We aren’t notified that ICE activities are going to happen, and we aren’t involved in them,” Beth Marlowe, a spokesperson for Home Depot, told City News Service in a statement Saturday. “In many cases, we don’t know that arrests have taken place until after they’re over. We’re required to follow all federal and local rules and regulations in every market where we operate.”

U.S. immigration officials carried out at least two raids at Home Depot parking lots in Van Nuys on Friday, arresting at least seven people.

County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath condemned the operation Friday on social media, accusing officials of violating a judge’s temporary restraining order preventing the government from stopping individuals in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the order.

“This morning in Van Nuys, several of our neighbors were forcibly taken by ICE. ICE agents showed no warrants & car windows were smashed,” Horvath posted on X. “The Trump administration is defying a court order to stop terrorizing our immigrant communities. It is heartbreaking, it is lawless, and it must end.”