California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration to rescind the deployment, saying the federal government was moving to "take over the California National Guard," calling the move "purposefully inflammatory" and saying it will "only escalate tensions."

California National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to help quell a third day of protests over President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement, a step the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, called unlawful.

Rioters in Los Angeles, California, set several self-driving vehicles operated by Waymo, a ride-hailing service, on fire on Sunday as the city grapples with a violent three-day protest against U.S. deportation efforts.

Trump slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who previously called Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California “deranged.”

LAPD declared an unlawful assembly as protests against ICE operations continue as Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops Sunday.

U.S. Northern Command stood up a formal task force on Sunday to coordinate the U.S. military’s deployments into Los Angeles County. The announcement from the command clarifies several details left vague on Saturday when President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced they were sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles.

“There are thousands of people in the streets of Los Angeles,” he noted. “There are people throwing rocks at police cars.” California officials must call for law and order, he said. But on the other hand, Madrid added: “The escalation benefits ...

Riots erupted in Los Angeles over immigration raids as California Republicans blame Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass for the violence by siding with illegal immigrants.