Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump's move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.

While many demonstrations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others have led to clashes with police, hundreds of arrests and the use of chemical irritants to disperse crowds. In Texas, Republican Gov Greg Abbott posted on social media that an unspecified number of National Guard troops "will be deployed to locations across the state to ensure peace & order." Activists say they will hold even larger demonstrations in the coming days, with "No Kings" events across the country on Saturday to coincide with Trump's planned military parade in Washington, DC. The Trump administration said immigration raids and deportations will continue regardless.

In Seattle, protesters marched through downtown to a federal building where immigration cases are heard, with some dragging a dumpster nearby and setting it on fire. Police detained more than 80 people during protests in lower Manhattan's Foley Square. Protesters shouted and waved signs that included "ICE out of NYC". Police commissioner Jessica Tisch said most of the demonstrators were peaceful and that just a few caused the disorder that required police intervention.

About 150 protesters gathered outside the Federal Detention Centre in Philadelphia on Tuesday and marched to ICE headquarters and then back to the detention centre. About 200 protesters gathered outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Tuesday after activists said several people were arrested there. Police said 17 people were arrested at a protest in Chicago that jammed a downtown plaza and took over surrounding streets Tuesday evening.