Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said over the weekend that the “deep state” is working against the Trump administration, vowing that she and others in leadership positions are pushing back against this resistance.

Gabbard’s comments come as the administration’s mass deportation operation has faced numerous legal setbacks, with the most recent one ordering it to halt immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties. The director suggested the next steps the administration takes “will not be easy,” saying she could attest from her work that opposition from the so-called deep state is embedded in every federal agency.