The White House message on what's happening in Los Angeles is simple.

This is what President Trump was elected to do.

President Trump promised to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in American history.

And left-wing riots will not deter him in that effort.

At his White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt on Wednesday,

it is true that polls have found people trust the Republican Party more to handle immigration.

And a CBS poll taken last week found 54% approve of Trump's deportation policies.

But Trump is making a big bet on how far Americans want him to go.

He mobilized National Guard and active duty troops that the mayor and governor say they don't need.

Here's California Governor Gavin Newsom in a primetime address Tuesday.

He deployed more than 700 active U.S. Marines.

These are the men and women trained for foreign combat, not domestic law

enforcement. We honor their service. We honor their bravery. But we do not want our streets

militarized by our own armed forces. The administration says its immigration efforts are focused

on criminals.

And press secretary Levitt rattled off rap sheets of some, quote, illegal monsters apprehended in Los Angeles.

But Governor Newsom highlighted other people swept up in workplace raids.

A U.S. citizen, nine months pregnant, was arrested.

A four-year-old girl taken, families separated,

friends quite literally disappearing.

Newsom called the administration's actions unsafe and illegal.

Donald Trump's government isn't protecting our communities.

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