California Gov. Gavin Newsom added fuel to the fire after daring President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan to arrest him for failing to crackdown on violent anti-ICE agitators in his state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom instructed President Donald Trump’s border czar to arrest him after protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles continued for the third consecutive day. “The hell is this guy?” Newsom told NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff. “Come after me, arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy. You know, I don’t give a damn.”

The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.

Newsom said the lawsuit would challenge Trump’s federalizing of the California National Guard without the state’s consent, a move with little precedent in U.S. history.

California officials have continued to maintain the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members is "unnecessary".

By calling in the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles, Trump is 'inciting and provoking violence,' Newsom says.

The Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive moves on immigration are pulling Democrats back into a border security debate they had tried to ignore. For months, Democrats scarred by the politics of the issue sought to sidestep President Donald Trump’s immigration wars — focusing instead on the economy,