Los Angeles police are making “mass arrests” after hundreds of protesters defied an emergency curfew in the city’s downtown area.

An 8pm curfew was put in place after Karen Bass, the Los Angeles mayor, said the city had reached a “tipping point” on the fifth day of immigration protests.

It came as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations spread to cities across the US including Seattle, Chicago and New York, where more than 80 protesters were arrested.

Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, said the state would deploy its National Guard to “maintain order” after police used chemical irritants to disperse several hundred demonstrators in Austin.

Riots first erupted in Los Angeles last Friday after ICE officers carried out a string of raids at Home Depot parking lots and local businesses.