India, June 8 -- The Donald Trump administration has announced that it will deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops in response to escalating protests in Los Angeles against raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities.

The White House said in a statement that US President Donald Trump had issued the order to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester" in California.

California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, objected to the move and said in a post on X that it was "purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions."

"This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust," he added.

Earlier in the day, Trump had taken to TruthSocial to say, "If Governor Gavin Newscum, of Cal...