President Trump issued a memo authorizing the National Guard to post up in Los Angeles, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called it "illegal."

President Donald Trump has declared Los Angeles as “safe and sound” while protests against his administration’s immigration raids have spread to dozens of cities across the U.S. While LA remains the epicenter of unrest,

Trump claims the troops are quelling protests. But California officials fear their real mission is bigger: militarizing mass deportation.

President Trump’s assertions that federal troops have saved the city from destruction did not appear to reflect reality.

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to be mobilized to quell protests in Los Angeles, despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections. In a June 8 post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the troops had been successful even though the troops had not yet been deployed on the ground at the time of his post.

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 Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Ne

The lawsuit seeks to set aside the president’s order calling up troops in response to protests that spread over the weekend.

4:47 p.m. EDT The Trump administration asked the judge to reject Newsom’s request and allow it to respond by Wednesday, calling Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of federal troops “legally meritless” and saying it would jeopardize the safety of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the government’s ability to carry out operations.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”