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A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard during the ICE riots was illegal and ordered control returned to Governor Gavin Newsom.
A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard.
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Los Angeles residents and experts say the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the country.
About 700 Marines and more than 4,000 National Guard have been deployed at the cost of $134 million. William Deverell is a professor of history at USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem blamed California Gov. Newsom for the need to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles protests.