The streets of Los Angeles were quiet Wednesday morning after an overnight curfew imposed by the mayor in the city’s downtown. Cities across the country prepared for more demonstrations later in the day.

The curfew in Los Angeles, which lifted at 6 a.m. local time, brought calm to the area, where five days of protests over the federal immigration raids have occasionally turned violent. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California blamed President Donald Trump for unrest that began with federal deportation raids Friday.

Tensions remained high after the U.S. military announced that 700 Marines would join National Guard troops in the city Wednesday. A spokesperson for the U.S. military’s Northern Command said the Marines, who have arrived in the area and were undergoing preparatory training, would help protect federal property and personnel, including immigration enforcement agents.

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On Tuesday, protests that began in Los Angeles grew in size and intensity across the country. Some demonstrators in downtown Chicago threw water bottles at police officers and vandalized at least two vehicles. In New York, officers made dozens of arrests near federal buildings in lower Manhattan, police said. In Atlanta, police used chemical agents and physical force to drive a few dozen protesters from their foothold on a highway.

More protests were planned in several cities Wednesday, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Seattle. Some organizers said local demonstrations this week were a prelude to nationwide ones planned for Saturday against Trump and an unusual military parade in Washington, D.C.

Here’s what else to know:

— L.A. curfew: Bass instituted a curfew late Tuesday and said it would go on “as long as needed,” adding, “Anybody that’s involved in violence or looting or vandalism is not supporting the cause of immigrants.” About 200 people were arrested on charges of failure to disperse after the curfew took effect downtown, according to a statement by the Los Angeles Police Department.

— Arrests: Since protests began Friday in response to federal immigration raids in Los Angeles’ garment district, hundreds of people have been arrested in several cities, including more than 330 in Los Angeles, more than 240 in San Francisco and a dozen in Austin, Texas, officials said. The encounters have turned tense at times, but the protests have remained largely confined to small sections of cities.

— Texas protests: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said late Tuesday that he would deploy National Guard troops across the state to maintain order, becoming the first U.S. governor to do so since the unrest began. The mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, criticized the move as “geared toward theater and provocation.”

— Newsom’s speech: The governor made a nationally televised address arguing that the deployment of federal troops was a “brazen abuse of power” by Trump and a “perilous moment” for American democracy.

— Court hearing: The Trump administration filed its response Wednesday to California’s request for a temporary restraining order that would limit the National Guard and Marines deployed in Los Angeles to guarding federal buildings. The Justice Department argued that the state’s legal objections — including that the guard call-up order did not go through Newsom — are meritless and there is no basis for such an order. A federal judge in California has set a hearing for Thursday.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

By Francesca Regalado, John Yoon, Julie Bosman, Eric Schmitt and Sean Keenan/Phillip Cheung

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