The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent of public instruction said in a statement last week that the state will continue to follow California law, which protects all students’ access to

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is suing the Trump administration, calls the president "dictatorial" and "deranged".

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the administration's mobilization of the National Guard and members of the Marine Corps to Los Angeles amid ongoing immigration protests.

Trump said the state’s Democratic leaders should be grateful for his help, while Gavin Newsom said the president’s actions have ‘destabilized’ the situation.

Gavin Newsom condemned President Donald Trump's deployment of the military in Los Angeles as a "brazen abuse of power" in a televised speech Tuesday, as protesters across the United States expressed anger over the Trump administration's workplace immigration raids.

About 700 active-duty Marines are in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, joining the National Guard troops that President Trump ordered to the city in response to immigration protests. Mr. Trump and California Gov.