A federal judge is evaluating the legality of the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops for immigration raids in Southern California. California claims this action breaches the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts military enforcement of domestic laws. Administration lawyers argue President Trump invoked legal authority for the Guard's deployment, asserting they were not enforcing laws but providing security to federal agents. The National Guard's activation remains in effect, with approximately 250 to 300 troops expected to continue until November.
California has argued the troops violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which generally prohibits military enforcement of domestic laws.
Lawyers for the administration said the law doesn't apply because President Donald Trump called up the National Guard under an authority that allows their deployment.
Trump deployed 4,000 National Guard members and later 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June after protests in response to immigration raids around the city.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Hamilton said the Posse Comitatus Act does not apply because the Guard was deployed under a section of U.S. Code that allows the president to call any state's guard into federal service.
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