Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared a curfew for parts of downtown LA in response to looting and violence during protests against immigration raids.
In Texas, the governor has deployed the National Guard ahead of planned protests.
Meanwhile, demonstrations have spread to other cities in the US, with ‘multiple’ arrests in New York.
California Governor Gavin Newsom attacked President Donald Trump for inflaming the situation in LA.
After the curfew began at 20:00 local time (04:00 BST), many people remained downtown – either by accident or defying curfew.
