Tensions between the Trump administration and California intensified this weekend as President Donald Trump decided to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s Democratic leaders cast as an unnecessary escalation amid protests over the administration’s immigration policies.

Police and pro-immigration protesters square off near a detention center in downtown Los Angeles as hundreds of National Guard troops activated by President Donald Trump arrive in the city. Gov. Gavin Newsom called Trump's act "a serious breach of state sovereignty.

President Trump bypassed the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom to call up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests.