Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement gripped the city on Sunday, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement and setting vehicles on fire downtown.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed an emergency motion on Tuesday to block the Trump administration's deployment of Marines and National Guard.

California has challenged the administration's move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.

The White House stepped up its criticism of Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom after the Demorcat attacked President Donald Trump in a nationally televised speech.

Governors aren't on the same page about the National Guard for "No Kings" protests. They are weighing public safety, and if Trump will step in.

“The district court has no authority to usurp the president’s authority as commander in chief,” Kelly said in an emailed statement to the Southern California News Group. “The president exercised his lawful authority to mobilize the National Guard to protect federal buildings and personnel in Gavin Newsom’s lawless Los Angeles.”

Gavin Newsom (D) warned in a primetime address Tuesday amid President Donald Trump’s military response to the Los Angeles protests that this “assault” on democracy will spread across the country if Trump continues to go unchecked.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has clashed with several GOP officials over the hostile LA protests from Vice President JD Vance to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton.