Protests surrounding immigration enforcement actions in the Los Angeles area and the Trump administration's response to them have cued up a public spat between President Trump and Gov. Newsom.

Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed President Trump for intentionally inciting tensions between protesters and law enforcement and targeting hardworking immigrant families with his federal raids in Los Angeles in an address to California on Tuesday night.

Trump left open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, which authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations. It's one of the most extreme emergency powers available to a U.S. president.

The former vice chief of the National Guard has denounced President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states’ rights.” Trump made the extraordinary decision to send 2,

The Trump administration announced that the National Guard would be deployed to deal with demonstrators facing off with authorities in Los Angeles.