Photo gallery: Anti-immigration forces and counter-protesters square off in Laguna Beach

Mounted police and Orange County sheriff’s deputies keep anti-illegal immigration demonstrators and counter-protesters separate at Sunday’s rally in Laguna Beach.

Demonstrators and counter-protesters square off. Neither side seemed convinced.

Demonstrators and counter-protesters square off Sunday in Laguna Beach at an anti-illegal immigration rally.

Demonstrators and counter-protesters square off Sunday at an anti-illegal immigration rally in Laguna Beach.

A demonstrator carries a sign at Sunday’s anti-illegal immigration rally at Main Beach in Laguna Beach.

Demonstrators hold a sign at Sunday’s anti-illegal immigration rally at Main Beach in Laguna Beach.

Police keep demonstrators in a confined area off North Coast Highway at Sunday’s rally in Laguna Beach.

A plane carries a banner that says “Hate is beneath us” at Sunday’s rally and counter-protest in Laguna Beach.

Police take up positions to keep demonstrators and counter-protesters separated at Sunday’s anti-immigration rally in Laguna Beach.

Orange County sheriff’s deputies in riot gear wait to cross North Coast Highway at Sunday’s anti-immigration rally in Laguna Beach.

A California Highway Patrol officer and his explosives-sniffing dog check parked cars on North Coast Highway at Main Beach on Sunday.

Counter-protesters display their signs on Main Beach at Sunday’s anti-immigration rally. One sign urges people to be Earth aware.

Counter-protesters display their signs on Main Beach on Sunday.

Counter-protesters display their signs on Main Beach on Sunday.