A few hundred people in Market Square marched through downtown Knoxville to protest ICE and Trump's use of military at Los Angeles protests.

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles has escalated tensions over anti-ICE protests. As clashes unfold in the streets, the political divide over immigration and federal power is once again on full display.

CNN is tracking the LA protests against ICE and the Trump administration and those that have spread across the US this week.

Cities all over the country are bracing themselves for a slew of anti-ICE protests to stand in solidarity against President Donald Trump’s orders to viciously deport undocumented immigrants. The horrifying scenes of parents being ripped away from their children and military forces being deployed on cities has stirred quite the frenzy.

The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, accused the facility of "withholding food" and "poor treatment" of detainees.

Four detainees escaped when tensions boiled over at the ICE facility​ known as Delaney Hall in Newark, the Department of Homeland Security said.