The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York to testify before the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating sanctuary jurisdictions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three prominent Democratic U.S. governors face a grilling on Thursday from a Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives panel over immigration policy, as President Donald Trump steps up a crackdown on people living in the country illegally.

President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops to California is forcing Democrats back onto politically perilous turf.

Three Democratic governors are defending their responses to the migrant crisis​ and dispute claims of failing to cooperate with federal authorities, according to remarks prepared for a congressional panel.

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents.