California Democrats push back on Trump's decision to mobilize the National Guard

California Democrats pushed back after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to respond to anti-immigration raid protests in the Los Angeles area.

California Democrats pushed back after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to respond to anti-immigration raid protests in the Los Angeles area, with Gov. Gavin Newsom arguing that Trump is trying to "manufacture a crisis."

"Trump is sending 2,000 National Guard troops into LA County — not to meet an unmet need, but to manufacture a crisis. He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control," Newsom said Sunday on X, where he also urged people to "stay peaceful."

Trump deployed the National Guard despite Newsom's opposition. Guard soldiers can be deployed by governors or the federal government, though it is unusual for a president to call the National Guard into federal service in a state where the governor objects, according to experts.

Trump further escalated his efforts to tamp down the protests Sunday, directing the heads of several federal agencies "to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles" and end the protest, which he characterized as "migrant riots."

"Violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations," Trump wrote. "Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free."