California to sue Trump administration amid LA protest standoff, Newsom says [View all]

Source: Axios

Updated 48 mins ago


California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday post that California will sue President Trump, saying he "illegally acted" to federalize the National Guard during protests against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.

The big picture: Trump on Saturday signed a memorandum calling in the National Guard — despite opposition from the state's and the city's Democratic leadership.

Driving the news: Newsom, after saying Sunday that the Golden State would be taking Trump to court, wrote in a Monday X post that the president had "flamed the fires."

He added, "The order he signed doesn't just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We're suing him."

Trump's order cited "[n]umerous incidents of violence and disorder" and "violent protests" but did not specifically mention California or the Los Angeles area.

The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Friction point: Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other Democrats have argued Trump's deployment of the National Guard was an unnecessary escalation, while Trump administration officials have railed against their leadership.

Border czar Tom Homan did not rule out arrests for Democratic officials in the state should they impede law enforcement or harbor undocumented immigrants in a Saturday interview with NBC News, but said he does not believe Bass had "crossed the line yet."

"Come and get me, though guy," Newsom wrote in response.

Homan, in a Monday morning interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" argued the NBC report was "dishonest."

"I was clear they haven't crossed the line," Homan said Monday. "But they're not above the law either."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/newsom-california-suing-trump-immigration-protests

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