By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, as the city's mayor declared a curfew for parts of the downtown area and police arrested 197 people in a fifth day of street protests.

The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.

Trump is begging for a fight on this. He knows what he’s doing so far is working with the American electorate," one data analyst noted

The curfew, announced by Mayor Karen Bass, applies to a one-square-mile zone between 8 pm and 6 am and exempts only residents, journalists, and emergency services.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a Tuesday news conference announced she was enacting a curfew for a small part of downtown L.A. as a way “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting”

The combined force of nearly 5,000 National Guard soldiers and Marines deployed to Los Angeles to help contain immigration protests have expanded their mission to protect federal agents as they conduct raids and arrests throughout the city,

More than 60 people gathered in Corpus Christi on June 10 in solidarity with nationwide protests opposing immigration detentions.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Tuesday slammed President Trump over the recent immigration protests in Los Angeles, saying the president “wanted this fight.” “He wanted to focus on immigration and