California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a federal judge to quickly block the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles. Trump authorized the deployment to quell protests against federal immigration enforcement actions.

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom's request was in response to a change in orders for Guard members, originally deployed to protect federal buildings. In the filing, Newsom said sending troops on immigration raids across the city would only escalate tensions and promote civil unrest.

(Reuters) -Soon after scattered protests broke out in Los Angeles on Friday in the wake of federal immigration raids, President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke by phone. Trump never mentioned any federal response,

The symbiosis of the Trump-Newsom vaudeville act is truly remarkable, each abetting the other’s desire to enhance his image as a warrior for moral righteousness.