Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew for downtown Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests continued on Tuesday.

The curfew will begin at 8 p.m. tonight, last until Wednesday morning, and apply to one square mile of downtown L.A. Bass said she issued the curfew " to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting." Bass added that 23 businesses were looted on Monday night.

"Many businesses have now been affected or vandalized," Bass said. "I think if you drive downtown L.A., the graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damages."

For five consecutive days , protesters and law enforcement have lined the streets of downtown, resulting in nearly 200 arrests. Some of the encounters between demonstrators and police turned violent at times.

The demonstrations started on Friday after several immig

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