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California governor throws down gauntlet to Tom Homan as he rages against administration’s intervention in Los Angeles unrest, accusing president of ‘manufacturing a crisis’

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has escalated his war of words with Donald Trump’s administration over its handling of this weekend’s tensions in Los Angeles by challenging the president’s border czar Tom Homan to arrest him.

Homan had told the media on Saturday that he was prepared to apprehend “anybody” who interfered with the illegal immigrant crackdown in the city being carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, not excluding Newsom or Mayor Karen Bass.