A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by deploying thousands of federalized California National Guard members and U.S. Marines to bolster immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. US District Judge Charles Breyer found the administration breached the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the military from domestic policing. Breyer warned that similar troop deployments in other cities could create a national police force with the President as its chief. Breyer found military personnel and vehicles used for perimeters, traffic blockades, crowd control, and a visible military presence, and issued an injunction limiting troop functions while briefly suspending it to allow an appeal.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law when they deployed thousands of federalized California National Guard members and U.S. Marines to bolster immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. US District Judge Charles Breyer found in a 52-page ruling on Tuesday that the Trump administration breached the Posse Comitatus Act, a law dating back to 1878 that bars the military from domestic policing.
For weeks, his administration has defended the measures as necessary to protect federal agents during what it described as an aggressive immigration enforcement drive. Breyer rejected those claims, finding that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles.
Breyer rejected those claims, finding that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In an attempt to prevent further breaches, Breyer issued an injunction barring Trump and Hegseth from ordering troops in California to perform functions ranging from arrests and interrogations to riot control and evidence collection.
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