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LOS ANGELES By DAMAIN DOVARGANES, JAE C. HONG and ERIC THAYERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After federal immigration authorities

Federal immigration authorities say they arrested 44 people Friday across Los Angeles. The detentions prompted clashes outside at least one location as a crowd gathered in protest. Demonstrators massed outside a federal detention center demanding authorities release the detainees. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the arrests were designed to “sow terror” in the nation’s second largest city. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office says a judge had issued a search warrant for one business related to the employer using fictitious documents for its workers. The arrests come as the Trump administration ramps up immigration arrests to fulfill President Donald Trump’s call for mass deportations.