Come after me, arrest me, let’s just get it over with tough guy,” Newsom said in an interview with MSNBC. “I don’t give a damn. But …I care about this community, the

The governor challenged Border Czar Tom Homan who threatened to arrest the California governor The post California Governor Newsom Taunts Trump Border Czar: ‘Arrest Me. Let’s Go.’ appeared first on TheWrap.

Border Czar Tom Homan warned California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass against interfering with federal immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump has taken the extraordinary step of deploying 2,

The Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. It was last used by President George H. W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict in April 1992.

Gavin Newsom asked the Trump administration on Sunday to rescind its move to deploy 2,000 California National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to subdue immigration protests, accusing the White House of illegally overriding his authority and intentionally inflaming tensions with protesters.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other leading California Democrats criticized President Trump’s deployment of National Guard soldiers in Los Angeles, calling it an unnecessary provocation.