LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump’s use of troops to help carry out intensified immigration raids faces its biggest challenge yet on Thursday, when a federal judge is set to weigh a request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to put an emergency stop to the practice.

Thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids as unrest grows in response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Members of the L.A.P.D. in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard troops in riot gear surrounded a federal building. Protests started near a complex of federal buildings but spread to other areas downtown in the evening. Law enforcement officers were stationed around the federal complex all day.

At a peaceful vigil in downtown Los Angeles, interfaith community leaders came together for prayer, support and healing.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed over 5,000 National Guard troops and 2,000 DPS officers to back up law enforcement in anticipation of protests against President Trump’s immigration

Since the start of the protests, the Los Angeles Police Department has arrested 385 people, USA Today reported on Wednesday.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the San Francisco Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery Street to oppose President Donald Trump 's aggressive deportation plans after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) arrested multiple immigrants at the downtown courtroom, NBC Bay Area first reported.

Police made a handful of arrests on the second night of the curfew in downtown Los Angeles as mayors urged the Trump administration to withdraw the military and stop the immigration raids.

Unions have backed immigrant rights in California and have been on the forefront of resisting the Trump administration’s deportations.

The curfew went into effect in part of downtown Los Angeles amid ongoing protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.