Border czar Tom Homan deferred to President Donald Trump when asked by ABC News if active duty Marines should be dispatched to LA, but he said he thinks more resources are needed.

"What we saw last night, I would ask for more resources, absolutely," Homan told ABC News Monday, warning that the "sky-high" rhetoric could cause protests to turn deadly.

Earlier on Monday, Homan refuted claims that he was going to arrest LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, telling Fox News that an interview from this weekend was taken out of context.

"The reporter asked about, 'Could Governor, Governor Newsom, or Mayor Bass, be arrested?' I said, 'Well, no one's above the law, if they cross the line and commit a crime. Absolutely they can,'" Homan explained. "So there was no discussion about arresting Newsom."

Homan said he was speaking broadly that if anyone "crosses the line," they will be prosecuted.

But hours later on Monday, Trump said it would be a "great thing" if Homan arrested Newsom.

"The president is backing me up," Homan explained to ABC News. "He knows better than anybody … no one is above the law."

If Newsom "broke the laws like any other U.S. citizen, we’ll ask the attorney general to investigate," Homan said.

Newsom is slamming the Trump administration sending the National Guard into LA as "authoritarian tendencies," but Homan said he disagrees.

Homan said the guard is in LA because Newsom "failed," and he said Trump "made a great move" sending the guard in to "protect property, officers and the general public."

California Attorney General Rob Bonta outlined why he and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are suing the Trump administration, saying President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.

The Trump administration "unlawfully invoked a law that’s intended to prevent an invasion by a foreign nation or [prevent] a rebellion or [in response to] local and state law enforcement [making] it so that the laws of the United States cannot be executed," Bonta explained at a news conference. "Those are the only three triggers that would provide for the invocation of the National Guard, and none of them were present here."

Bonta said the situation didn’t warrant the National Guard and Trump's "counterproductive" decision to send the troops in "skipped over multiple rational, common sense, strategic steps that should’ve been deployed to quell unrest." (edited)

President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks it would be a "great thing" if border czar Tom Homan arrests California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

"I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great," Trump said as he arrived at the White House from Camp David. "Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing."

Newsom responded on social media, writing, "The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation -- this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism."

Trump called the protesters "professional agitators" and "insurrectionists, bad people."

"They should be in jail," Trump said at the White House.

Ahead of his arrival at the White House, Trump on social media stood by his decision to send the National Guard to Los Angeles. He also argued that Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass were not grateful enough for his assistance, despite both officials stating that Trump’s move escalated the violence.

Trump wrote, "The very incompetent 'Governor,' Gavin Newscum, and 'Mayor,' Karen Bass, should be saying, 'THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR.'"

-ABC News’ Lalee Ibssa

The city manager of Glendale, California, is terminating a contract with the Department of Homeland Security that required the Glendale Police Department to house some immigration detainees at its facility, according to a statement on the city website.

Several law enforcement agencies across the country have similar contracts with DHS, which are limited in scope and do not require local law enforcement to help bring undocumented immigrants into custody.

The press release does not mention the Los Angeles protests but acknowledges that the contract "has become divisive" and that the decision to terminate it "was not made lightly."

"Nevertheless, despite the transparency and safeguards the City has upheld, the City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract -- no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good -- has become divisive," the statement said. "And while opinions on this issue may vary -- the decision to terminate this contract is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for -- public safety, local accountability, and trust."

-ABC News’ Armando Garcia