Demonstrations in the city have been running for four consecutive days, with hundreds of protesters gathering outside a federal detention centre where immigrants have been held.
On Sunday Trump ordered 2,000 members of the California National Guard to be deployed to the city to intervene, claiming local officials had failed to respond properly.
The US president also posted a warning on social media to demonstrators, writing: “IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Trump and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth violated the law and exceeded their constitutional authorities when they federalised the National Guard without going through the governor of California.
The lawsuit also alleges Trump violated the 10th Amendment, which is designed to protect state power from federal intrusion.
Trump said on Monday he felt he had no choice but to order the deployment to prevent violence from spiraling out of control.
A provision of Title 10 – Section 12406 – allows the president to deploy National Guard units into federal service if the US is invaded, there is a “rebellion or danger of rebellion” or the president is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States”.
The LAPD said five officers sustained minor injuries. Police on Sunday said some protesters had thrown concrete and bottles at officers.
Protesters clashed with police after a series of immigration raids in Los Angeles, California (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Trump threatens to arrest Newsom as clash between two intensifies
“I would do it if I were Tom. I think it’s great,” Trump said in an interview, referencing border czar Tom Homan, who warned that anyone including public officials would be arrested if they obstructed federal immigration enforcement.
Newsom and other Democrats have said Trump’s decision to deploy military force to handle the protests amounts to an abuse of presidential power.
In post on X, Newsom said Marines “shouldn’t be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President. This is un-American.”
Police and National Guard members protect a federal building during a protest on 9 June in LA (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)A protestor standing on top of a burning Waymo vehicle during demonstration in LA on 8 June (Photo by BLAKE FAGAN / AFP)The troops have been trained in de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force, and they will be armed with the weapons they normally carry.
It is extremely rare for US military troops to be used for domestic policing.
The Pentagon is drafting guidelines that will explain to the Marines what they can and cannot do, the Associated Press cited a US official as saying.
Without invoking the Insurrection Act, the Marines, like the National Guard, would still be prevented from directly enforcing civilian laws and would likely be limited to protecting federal personnel and property.
“I feel like we are part of an experiment that we did not ask to be a part of,” she told a news conference on Monday.
Protests have broken out in other US cities, including Aurora, Colorado, where anti-ICE protestors marched towards a processing centre (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)More protests break out
LA police said they arrested 29 people Saturday night “for failure to disperse” and made 21 more arrests on Sunday on charges ranging from attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail and assault on a police officer to looting.
Tensions have been rising since Trump activated the National Guard on Saturday.
Stern required emergency surgery after the projectile left a golf ball-sized wound in his thigh. “I thought it was a live round because of the sheer intensity of the pain,” Stern told the Associated Press. “Then I passed out from the pain.”
Protests also sprang up in at least nine other US cities on Monday, including New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco, according to local news outlets.
Trump has pledged to deport record numbers of people who are in the country illegally and to lock down the US-Mexico border, setting a goal of at least 3,000 daily arrests.
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