SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in early June, after days of protests over immigration raids, cost approximately $118 million, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday.

In a statement, the governor's office described the deployment as an "illegal" "stunt" conducted "under the guise of protecting federal facilities."

According to the news release, the deployment of more than 4,200 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines cost $71 million for food and other basic necessities, $37 million in payroll, more than $4 million in logistics supplies, $3.5 million in travel, and $1.5 million in demobilization costs.

"Let us not forget what this political theater is costing us all - millions of taxpayer dollars down the drain and an atrophy to the

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