Thousands of spectators gathered in downtown Danville to celebrate 249 years of freedom during the annual Fourth of July parade along San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Hartz Avenue on Friday morning.

Officials point to federal pressure to increase deportation numbers after four men were detained by ICE agents on one metro street in the last week or so.

A large group of protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles Friday for a July 4 rally opposing federal immigration enforcement raids and other policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. The ...