# California Governor Gavin Newsom has called the deployment of two-thousand National Guardsmen to Los Angeles over the weekend purposefully inflammatory, warning that it would only escalate tensions. President Donald Trump deployed the soldiers to LA amid unrest over Immigration Customs Enforcement raids in the county. Newsom criticised the immigration raids, accusing the Trump administration of sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate. The White House says the raids are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal immigrants.
California governor criticises deployment of National Guard amid immigration protests in LA