Governor Gavin Newsom of California announced that his state plans to file a lawsuit early Monday against Donald Trump for mobilizing the National Guard over the weekend to quell immigration-related protests in Los Angeles.

"No president has ever federalized the National Guard for purposes of responding to potential future civil unrest anywhere in the country."

Newsom filed suit against the White House on Monday over its decision to deploy the National Guard. California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the state’s sovereignty was “trampled” by President Donald Trump when he ordered National Guard troops to the immigration protests in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported.

The governor said the decision was a "serious breach of state sovereignty" and demanded that the president "return control" to California.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

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.

President Donald Trump called for troops to enter Los Angeles amid rioting in the Californian city that stemmed from protests against immigration enforcement. The Republican president is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to L.

President Donald Trump spoke about the law enforcement response to protests in Los Angeles on June 8.