Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran and flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets

A large group of people protesting President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration policies blocked traffic on the Hollywood (101) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The protesters gathered Sunday morning on Olvera Street for what the Los Angeles Police Department called a non-permitted demonstration.

Demonstrators rallied on Minneapolis’ East Lake Street — a vibrant corridor of Mexican, Somali and other immigrant-owned businesses — packing the area on a grey and cold winter afternoon. They carried signs reading “All are welcome here” and "Immigrants Make America Great.