National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday under orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a showdown with California leaders who say the federal deployment is politically driven and unnecessary.

The move follows two days of tense protests sparked by sweeping U.S. immigration raids across the region. Trump directed U.S. Northern Command to assume control of the National Guard and dispatch 2,000 soldiers to the area “for 60 days or at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense,” the White House said in a statement.

Governor Gavin Newsom, who said he was not consulted on the decision, condemned the deployment as an overreach by Trump meant to stoke tensions. “The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate,” the Democrat wrote in a post on X.

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