Trump’s Los Angeles Troop Deployment Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules

David Gilmour Sep 2nd, 2025, 9:57 am

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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 , a law dating back to 1878 that bars the military from domestic policing.

“President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have stated their intention to call National Guard troops into service in other cities across the country,” Breyer wrote, warning that such actions risked creating

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