While demonstrations from Washington to Los Angeles were largely festive, with food trucks and live music, protesters were determined to speak for their cause.

"We want to remind people that the joy and the power is in each other," Tamika Middleton, managing director of Women's March, told Newsweek.

Thousands of people spent their Independence Day holding a rally to protest against the ongoing immigration raids, President Donald Trump and his policies in downtown Los Angeles. KTLA's Angeli Kakade reports on July 4,