An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) condemned President Donald Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles on Sunday. His remarks come after mass deportations, and subsequently, recurring protests popped up across Los Angeles.

In downtown Los Angeles, Saturday's protest was a loud but largely peaceful culmination of a week of demonstrations. But late in the day, police used tear gas on lingering protest

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

Demonstrators filled streets and parks across the country on Saturday, taking part in a nationwide day of protests to counter the actions of the Trump administration and the president’s plans for a military parade this evening in Washington,

The conflict in Los Angeles began with a lie. During the 2016 primaries, Donald Trump saw that taking a hard line on immigration, making illegal immigrants look as bad as he possibly could, would win him votes.

President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg as he defended deploying the military on those protesting his immigration enforcement.

Cops use tear gas to disperse anti-Trump crowd in Los Angeles - Day of action comes after week-long protests in Los Angeles against Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and ICE raids on immigrants