Border czar Tom Homan suggested ICE agents could kill protesters if demonstrations continue in California.
NBC News' Jacob Soboroff spoke to Homan on Sunday about mostly peaceful demonstrations taking place near Los Angeles.
"The National Guard has never been deployed in that manner by the President of the United States," Soboroff observed. "What's different?"
"President Trump has sent the National Guard to help us protect public safety here," Homan insisted. "We got protesters making threats against officers, assaulting officers. We now, just recently, last hour, we got protests from Molotov cocktails."
"The protesters are purposely trying to overwhelm law enforcement, President Trump's bringing in the National Guard," he continued. "Again, I want to be clear, not just to protect the