California is planning to sue the Trump administration over its deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in Los Angeles over the weekend, after widespread demonstrations against increased immigration enforcement erupted across the city.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on X that the state would file a lawsuit against Trump, saying that the White House memorandum he signed over the weekend, enabling him to deploy National Guard troops — who normally operate under state command — violated California’s sovereignty.

“He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” Newsom said in a statement on social media, adding that the violence and unrest that resulted was “exactly what Donald Trump wanted.

“The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA,” Newsom wrote. “

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