An estimated 11 million people currently live in the U.S. without valid immigration documents.
“If they can handcuff a U.S. senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you,” said Mr Newsom.
Mr Newsom formally requested President Donald Trump’s administration to rescind the order to deploy the troops.
Residents of Los Angeles have said that they are not waiting for the government to provide aid amid wildfires sweeping across California.
They are given another $1 per hour for emergency work. Each day spent working as a rescue worker shortens the prison sentence by two days.
Under the California Clean Air Act, up to 20 per cent of new vehicles must be plug-in hybrid models by 2035.
The Park Fire in Northern California has become the largest wildfire in the state so far this year and the sixth-largest in the state’s history.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency