Kristi Noem issued an ominous warning to protesters in Los Angeles on Monday as tensions over immigration raids rolled into their fourth day. The Homeland Security Secretary praised Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they faced off against protesters challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping deportation agenda.

The Trump administration announced Saturday that it would be deploying the National Guard to the Los Angeles area after protests over immigration enforcement.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum encouraged violent protests in Los Angeles. Sheinbaum called the accusation "absolutely false."

Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing, Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing,” the DHS secretary told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Sheinbaum's comments followed Noem's Oval Office statement in which the secretary accused Sheinbaum of encouraging unrest.

United States Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Sheinbaum of encouraging "violent protests" in Los Angeles.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday criticized Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for comments that she said encouraged violence at protests in Los Angeles, drawing a rebuke from the Mexican leader,