Trump claims the troops are quelling protests. But California officials fear their real mission is bigger: militarizing mass deportation.

President Trump’s assertions that federal troops have saved the city from destruction did not appear to reflect reality.

Days of demonstrations against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled round-the-clock news coverage and a number of misleading social media posts, including unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context.

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.

A Department of Homeland Security request for 21,000 National Guard troops to support "expansive interior immigration enforcement operations" includes a call for troops to search for unaccompanied children in some cases.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles, saying the practice

California is suing the Trump administration over its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.

Not even a voicemail,” Newsom said in an X post responding to Trump’s Oval Office comments. “Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to.