“Everyone has a story here,” Martinez said. “I’m proud to be Mexican and to be born here.”

Several other cities have joined LA as demonstrations against President Trump's tough immigration policies continue to spring up.

Immigration raids in Los Angeles led to protest, some of which have become violent.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilization.

A new U.S. attorney in California has devised a way to make sure illegal migrants are deported.

Though many of the demonstrations have been peaceful, clashes between law enforcement officers and demonstrators have led to hundreds of arrests in the Los Angeles area since Friday.