The White House wants the national guard to play a bigger role in immigration enforcement, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said in an interview Thursday.

Protesters and the National Guard are gathering in downtown Los Angeles this morning ahead of a planned anti-Trump demonstration outside City Hall. The city has closed many freeway exits to downtown,

Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor, but an appeals court stayed the extraordinary decision Thursday night.

Last week: The Trump administration brought Abrego García back to the U.S. after wrongly deporting him to El Salvador only to charge him with transporting undocumented immigrants. A Smithsonian director resigned following Trump’s attempt to fire her. A judge ordered Trump to reverse the firings of product safety regulators.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

According to the governor's office, Abbott is deploying over 2,000 DPS troopers and 5,000 Texas National Guard soldiers.