California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protection around agents as they carried out arrests.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, will decide whether Trump had the legal authority to federalize 4,000 California National Guard troops.

Protests surrounding immigration enforcement actions in the Los Angeles area and the Trump administration's response to them have cued up a public spat between President Trump and Gov. Newsom.

Republican leaders capitalized Tuesday on the demonstrations in Los Angeles, where people are protesting Trump’s immigration raids at Home Depot and other places, to make the case for swift passage of their sprawling 1,

"This Administration's actions are not about public safety — they're about stoking fear,” the former vice president wrote on social media.

Trump’s trip comes as he faces criticism over deploying military in an attempt to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Connecticut's Ned Lamont joined other Democratic governors this weekend in condemning President Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles, over objections from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.