LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has filed a request through the Freedom of Information Act for the true motives behind the Trump administration's decision to deploy federal agents outside the governor's news conference in Little Tokyo this past week.

Newsom says the president has been continuously misusing the National Guard and federal law enforcement across Los Angeles.

Nearly 100 Customs and Border Protection agents swarmed Little Tokyo on Thursday at the same time Newsom was holding a press conference on redistricting.

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The Department of Homeland Security says it was just routine patrols.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass called it a stunt.

In the meantime, California

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