Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump is "escalating the situation" by sending troops to L.A., adding fuel to the feud between the two

Large crowds gathered near a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles Friday protesting immigration raids that had taken place throughout the city.

Soldiers mobilized by President Trump protected ICE agents on their raids in Los Angeles. The state of California said the deployment was illegal.

Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles.

The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

But what does a state's National Guard do that local or state law enforcement can't? The National Guard is almost always called upon by a state's governor. Their job is broad, ess

Trump mobilized the California National Guard against the ... that the administration was planning to use the guard to help with immigration enforcement came last month, when DHS requested 20,000 ...

Protests against immigration raids entered the seventh day in Los Angeles after another night of curfew enforcement in the downtown neighborhood. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard to San Antonio "to ensure peace and order" after anti-ICE protests broke out.