LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally requested President Donald Trump to withdraw the National Guard from Los Angeles amid large demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling the troops' deployment "unlawful" and a "breach of state sovereignty."

In an open letter penned to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Newsom said California didn't have a problem "until Trump got involved."

The governor also claimed the deployment doesn't fall into the typical conditions for National Guard deployment, such as to repel an invasion into the country by a foreign national, to suppress a rebellion against the Government, or to execute the country's laws when the president is unable to do so with regular forces.

"Rescind the order. Return control to California," Ne

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