Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

President Donald Trump federalizes California National Guard, without Gov. Gavin Newsom's consent, to quell anti-ICE protests, putting immigration and law enforcement in the spotlight

About 500 of the Guard troops deployed to the protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, he said. Sherman initially said National Guard troops had temporarily detained some civilians.