Trump's border czar has said the National Guard is mobilizing to enter the city of Los Angeles within hours amid tense standoffs between protesters and ICE agents.
The dramatic move by the Trump administration came amid rising tensions between locals and immigration authorities as raids targeting illegal migrants take place at businesses across the city.
'We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight,' Tom Homan, President Trump's point man on border security, said on Fox News on Saturday evening.
'We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor (Karen) Bass should be thanking us.'
But California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested the Trump administration was deliberately inflaming the situation and sending the National Guard would only make matters worse.
