President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Fort Bragg, the nation's largest military installation.

Senators from both sides of the aisle took to responding over President Donald Trump's calling of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

Monday's protests were largely calmer than Sunday's clashes. California officials insist that the 4,000 National Guards troops and 700 active duty Marines en route to L.A. are an unnecessary abuse of power by Trump.

President Donald Trump has built his presidency around stretching the bounds of presidential authority, and his response to protests over an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles is no exception.

President Donald Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta are suing the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.

The Pentagon’s deployment of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles to join the National Guard’s response to immigration protests follows weeks of rapid-fire developments as President Donald Trump pursues his top domestic priority for mass deportations.

Jacob Soboroff, NBC News Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House live from the Metropolitan Detention center where the National Guard is stationed with an up close look at what today’s protests look like and how Donald Trump’s mobilization of the California National Guard as put troops face to face with protestors who happen to be their own neighbors.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the administration's mobilization of the National Guard and members of the Marine Corps to Los Angeles amid ongoing immigration protests.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, will decide whether Trump had the legal authority to federalize 4,000 California National Guard troops.