AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend.

Seattle protesters are holding rallies this week over immigration, Trump’s policies, and UW’s ties to Boeing and response to a Gaza protest.

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids are beginning to spread across the country.

Organizers say interest in the events has grown since the Trump administration's crackdown on ICE protesters in Los Angeles.

Protests are taking place in Florida, nationwide on June 14 to object to President Trump's alleged birthday plans to celebrate with a military parade.

Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles began deploying "less lethal" munitions on Sunday as they clashed with crowds protesting federal immigration raids. "Less lethal" or "less-than-lethal" weapons are designed to cause pain and discomfort,

Several thousand veterans converged on the National Mall on Friday at a rally among 200 events nationwide against an overhaul that includes staffing reduction and some services cut.

From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against ICE and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.

US President Donald Trump has warned that any protesters at Saturday’s military parade in Washington, DC—marking the Army’s 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday—will be met with “very big force”.