"The Trump Administration must end its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco. Judge Breyer granted a preliminary injunction to California officials who opposed President Trump's use of state troops since June, when the administration seized control of the guard against Governor Gavin Newsom's wishes to confront protests against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles."
"The administration has argued that after initially federalizing a state's National Guard, any extension should be allowed, without review. "That is shocking," Judge Breyer wrote in his ruling on Wednesday, saying that adopting that interpretation of the law would "permit a president to create a perpetual police force comprised of state troops, so long as they were first federalized lawfully.""
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump Administration to end federal control of the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return command to the state. The administration seized the guard in June over Governor Gavin Newsom's objections to confront protests tied to immigration enforcement operations. More than 4,000 troops were federalized at first, later reduced to about 100, and the administration repeatedly sought extensions, most recently through February. The administration argued that once a guard is lawfully federalized, extensions need no judicial review. Breyer warned such a view could permit a perpetual presidential police force and constitutional scholars expressed similar separation-of-powers concerns.
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