President Donald Trump is calling in the big guns to de-escalate tensions in Los Angeles. Just hours after Trump border czar Tom Homan appeared on Fox News on Saturday to criticize Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass and tell the panel of The Big Weekend Show that Trump would be deploying the National Guard that evening,

The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities,

California Democrats and Trump administration officials are locked in a battle over a wave of immigration raids targeting Los Angeles this week, as protests over the detentions swelled in the Democratic stronghold amid President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown.