From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The political battle over the Trump deportation agenda gets ugly as protests break out in the streets of Los Angeles over the weekend.

Donald Trump sends in the California National Guard over the objections of that

state's governor to restore order. But the protests got bigger on Sunday. And Governor Newsom calls

the presidents move needlessly provocative. So the deportation wars. That's our subject today on

Potomac Watch. I'm Paul as youiego, the editorial page editor of the journal,

and I am here with Alicia Finley and Mene Uquay-Ukwe-Bura, two long-time watchers of the politics and policy of immigration.

So the trigger here is that immigration and customs enforcement is ramping up its deportation raids, including at businesses

and public places. They've been relatively quiet in the Trump administration so far, that is,

the deportation rates have, but now they're expanding in L.A. ICE has forecast a month of raids in

the city targeting criminals in particular, but often surprise raids in businesses.

Home Depot, for example, was one target on the weekend.

And that's in a city of an estimated 700,000 illegal migrants.

So that's bound to cause of backlash.

And so it is.

Before we get into the protests and the response there, let's talk about the case for mass deportation.

Trump has already, Alicia, closed the border successfully.

He has been targeting gang members and criminals, ICE has, and I think relatively successfully.

They've been moving a lot out of the country.

But now Trump is moving on to a broader deportation agenda.

What do you think the case is for this?

Is this prudent?

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