For a fourth straight day, thousands of protesters amassed in downtown Los Angeles Monday in opposition to federal immigration raids in the area, while hundreds of U.S. Marines were deployed to the city to assist National Guard troops protecting federal facilities.

Protesters began gathering downtown late Monday morning, initially with a small group in an intersection near the federal Metropolitan Detention Center at Temple and Alameda streets. The crowd grew steadily through the morning, while others gathered in front of the federal building on Los Angeles Street south of Aliso Street.

The federal building houses the offices of U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.

Around midday Monday, hundreds of union members attended a large rally in support of arrested union leader David Huert

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