Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct military forces sent to the Los Angeles protests to arrest civilians — a request that would exceed authorities invoked by President Trump when he deployed the National Guard.

Sheinbaum's comments followed Noem's Oval Office statement in which the secretary accused Sheinbaum of encouraging unrest.

United States Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Sheinbaum of encouraging "violent protests" in Los Angeles.

The Trump administration announced Saturday that it would be deploying the National Guard to the Los Angeles area after protests over immigration enforcement.

"I was a governor of a neighboring state to Tim Walz and watched him let his city burn," Noem told reporters Tuesday. "And the president and I have talked about this in the past,

Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing, Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing,” the DHS secretary told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Kristi Noem reportedly asked Hegseth to order the military to make arrests in Los Angeles over mass protests against new immigration rules and arbitrary arrests by ICE.

Milwaukee police quickly suspected a man arrested by ICE was framed in Trump death threat. Then DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accused him of the crime.