In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

Many Mexican Americans remember that California became part of the United States after a 19th century war that cost Mexico more than half its territory.

Concerns over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement kept some fans away as Mexico opened its Gold Cup title defense at SoFi Stadium.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican national soccer team will change hotels in Los Angeles ahead of their Gold Cup match on Saturday because of safety concerns amid the protests against immigration raids in the city, a team spokesman said Tuesday.

Royal Caribbean repositioned the massive, 4,182-passenger Ovation of the Seas to the port of Los Angeles for Mexico cruises.