California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have condemned the National Guard deployments, calling them illegal and unnecessary provocations.

The Trump administration has deployed into duty 2,000 National Guard soldiers in California, even as the state’s governor clashes with the White House over using troops to quell protests over the federal immigration crackdown.

It’s the same group of soldiers who have been diverted from critical wildfire work and work at the border,' Newsom says in a statement.