Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration Saturday over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount, California. AP

PARAMOUNT, Calif. — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor's objections to Los Angeles over where protests Saturday led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.

The White House said in a statement Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester” in California.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom , a Democrat, objected to the move and said in a post on X that the move from the Republican president was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”

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