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.

Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.

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

California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard forces and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the administration’s decision to deploy California National Guard troops to quell violence in Los Angeles, citing the riots that took place in Minnesota in 2020.

California asked a federal judge to immediately limit the Trump administration’s deployment of the state’s National Guard and US Marines amid protests in Los Angeles over the president’s immigration raids.

Gavin Newsom on Tuesday filed an emergency request in federal court to restrict the Trump Administration's use of troops in Los Angeles, ratcheting up efforts by state officials to fend off a military deployment they have repeatedly said they do not need.