Barrera says there is "no need" for Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard when there are 17,000 police personnel in Los Angeles. He says deploying the troops "increases tensions" and confrontation, which sets a "dangerous precedent".

In announcing the lawsuit, Attorney General Rob Bonta called the president's move to federalize the National Guard an "infringement" on state sovereignty.

The lawsuit argues that President Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard was illegal because the move bypassed the California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and because it violated the Tenth Amendment,