Several Democrats on Sunday criticized President Trump for ordering thousands of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in response to immigration protests over the past two days.

Trump has ordered 2,000 troops to assist immigration agents in quelling the protests in L.A., where demonstrators are rallying against federal immigration raids. Troops began arriving in L.A. on Sunday morning.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday said the move is a result of "violent mobs" attacking "Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations" in recent days.

Trump said California Democrats Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass were to blame for the unrest that began as a result of ICE raids. Newsom responded to Trump's order by calling it "purposefully inflammatory" and stating that "there is currently no unmet need."

"If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can't do their jobs, which everyone knows they can't, then the Federal Government will step in........

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