John Oliver, like his fellow late-night hosts before him, is ringing the alarm on president Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. The Last Week Tonight host wasted no time getting down to brass tacks, addressing the Los Angeles protests that were spurred by the White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller-led escalation of ICE raids,

Demonstrators gathered in communities large and small. Many events on the East Coast have ended, but police clashed with some protesters in L.A.

Demonstrations in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas were largely peaceful, as some protests went well into the night.

The president deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests.