Amid days of fiery protests against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, President Trump signed an order deploying the National Guard — despite objection from the state's Democratic leaders.

The big picture: Trump's Saturday memorandum called up 2,000 National Guard troops for 60 days, but it stopped short of a possibly more dramatic escalation: invoking the Insurrection Act.

Context: The demonstrations again have pitted Trump against Governor Gavin Newsom (D), one of the president's top foes who has called the deployment of troops in the LA area "unlawful" and "a serious breach of state sovereignty." • Newsom said that the state would sue the Trump administration over its deployment of the National Guard, calling it an "unconstitutional act" in an interview with MSNBC. •

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