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

"Neither the National Guard nor the Marines are engaged in law enforcement," the DOJ's motion reads. "Rather, they are protecting law enforcement."

California formally sued the Trump administration Monday in a bid to void President Trump’s weekend move to federalize the state’s National Guard to contain anti-ICE rioting in Los Angeles.

President Trump asserted his pride in assisting Los Angeles during protests, attributing the unrest to radical leftists and praising the deployment of the National Guard and Marines. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the riots as attacks on American culture,

As a fresh standoff developed Saturday between protesters and armed federal authorities in Paramount, Trump administration officials were vowing to prosecute any demonstrators who broke the law during Friday's violent demonstrations that accompanied immigration raids in Los Angeles.