California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has announced that the state will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles.
"And we're going to test that theory with a lawsuit tomorrow," Newsom stated. “They never coordinated with the governor of the state," he added.
Newsom also responded to remarks by border czar Tom Homan, who implied he might arrest Newsom or Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass if they obstructed his actions. In reply, Newsom challenged him, saying, "Arrest me. Let's go."
Newsom also criticized Trump’s Truth Social post, where he praised the National Guard for a “great job” even though they weren’t deployed at the time. He described the post as “Orwellian, simply lying to people, unconstitutional, illegal act, his mess. We're trying to clean it up.”
The protests were against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration into the U.S., with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carrying out high-profile raids and reportedly detaining several undocumented individuals.
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