Tensions between the Trump administration and California intensified this weekend as President Donald Trump decided to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s Democratic leaders cast as an unnecessary escalation amid protests over the administration’s immigration policies.

By ERIC THAYER, MORGAN LEE and MICHELLE L. PRICE PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor’s objections to