Thousands of California National Guard members were used to support deportation efforts and control protests in Los Angeles in June. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

A landmark trial kicked off on Monday over the use by Donald Trump ’s administration of National Guard forces to support its deportation efforts and quell protests in Los Angeles, in a legal challenge to the U.S. president’s break from long-standing norms against deploying troops on American streets.

The three-day non-jury trial before San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement when Trump deployed the troops in June, as the s

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