Riots erupted in California over the weekend over the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal immigrants in the Golden State. President Donald Trump warned Monday that Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell had said protesters are getting “very much more aggressive,

President Trump responded by sidestepping the state’s Democratic governor and deploying 2,000 National Guard members to the city. He portrayed the demonstrations as an existential threat to the country, and called the protesters “insurrectionists,” in what may become a rationale for him to invoke the Insurrection Act.

As President Trump delivers on his promise to deport millions of immigrants, tough, new tactics are being met with growing community resistance.